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Breaking: Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis
KSTP TV 5/ME | 8/1/07 | Me

Posted on 08/01/2007 4:28:27 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Just turned on the news. 35W bridge collapsed in the Mississippi River. Cars, trucks, semis.....

Fires burning, tanker trucks, at least one school bus, more than ten cars......

Just now breaking.......


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 35w; breaking; bridge; bridgecollapse; bridges; btld; collapse; corrosion; engineering; infrastructure; jihad; minneapolis; mosques; mothman; prayerforminnesotans; rust; slownewsday; terroristattack; transportation; twincitiescell
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To: Tennessee Nana

construction workers as well.


1,101 posted on 08/01/2007 6:44:20 PM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative
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To: jackv

60 feet high, Shep said.


1,102 posted on 08/01/2007 6:44:43 PM PDT by Palladin (Judge Munley is a nincompoop.)
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To: BohDaThone
a secret decoder ring message from Osama

Shortly before the collapse, this appeared on a terrorist forum:

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=ar%7Cen&u=http://www.hanein.info/vb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D25211&prev=/language_tools

Bin Laden video coming soon?

1,103 posted on 08/01/2007 6:44:54 PM PDT by harwood (Ann Coulter: Future SCOTUS nominee!)
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To: jackv

65 feet high.

Not sure about the depth.


1,104 posted on 08/01/2007 6:45:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: Hunble

Hi Hunble! Hope you’re all healed up as best can be expected.

Maybe we should put a shout out on the local MN board. I know Minnesocold travels around a lot.

Just heard from my best friend a couple of minutes ago. Whew!


1,105 posted on 08/01/2007 6:45:30 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: justa-hairyape
Terrorism or sabotage should be high on the investigators list of possible causes.

I'm sure they appreciate your ideas on that. I bet they'll look into it.

1,106 posted on 08/01/2007 6:45:52 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: TBall
Hard to believe a bridge could just collapse like that

And the bad news is, if it did "just collapse", we'll be seeing the politicians falling over each other demanding federal money to replace city bridges. City levees in NO as the precedent.

1,107 posted on 08/01/2007 6:46:17 PM PDT by Perchant
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative

LOL

Why am I looking at a studio?


1,108 posted on 08/01/2007 6:46:42 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Palladin

Thanks Palladin! Dang...awfully high!!!


1,109 posted on 08/01/2007 6:46:56 PM PDT by jackv (DEMOCRATS HATE BUSH MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!!!)
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To: tioga

Hannity just said Homeland Security says this isn’t terror related—HOW ON EARTH COULD HS KNOW *THIS* SOON?!?!?!?!

Putting on my tinfoil hat—too many bridge collapses lately!!

Prayers going up for all those involved in this tragedy! :*(


1,110 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:09 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom, Bible Thumper and Proud to be an American! RUN, FRED, RUN!!!)
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To: Perchant

This is an interstate highway. It’s not a city bridge. Jurisdiction would be the Minnesota Department of Transportation.


1,111 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:16 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg
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To: HairOfTheDog

1,112 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:20 PM PDT by ConservativeofColor
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To: Palladin
The FBI is there. They arrived about the same time the first energency vehicles did.

At least they eventually call them as they see them. But it did take them 9 months to determine that the Islamic Cab Driver attack on the Israeli Airline terminal at LAX was Terrorism related.

1,113 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:26 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: HairOfTheDog
Naw, this was not terrorism related. Just another example of our outstanding Government taking care of us.

But look at the good side: We have a new choo-choo train in Minneapolis!

1,114 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:29 PM PDT by Hunble (Islam is God's punishment!)
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To: Shortstop7

Well hopefully the were able to get down. Tomorrow, the traffic is really going to be screwed up. Most of the state is suffering from drought. What a rotten summer.


1,115 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:30 PM PDT by defconw ( "God hasn't promised us tomorrow, but he has promised us eternity."- Tony Snow)
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To: Perchant

Norm Coleman, on Foxnews, just said it wasn’t “an act of God”. He sounds skeptical.


1,116 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:39 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Soon to be Fredbacker1)
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To: JerseyDvl

HI
I will put it back on now.

:)


1,117 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:42 PM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
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To: jackv

Cute guy

NYC county him down

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOO dont go...


1,118 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:49 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Spktyr

That information might very well be correct...No skin off my back if I am wrong on the whole rivet/bolt issue...

But I look at when it was constructed in 1967, and know that a lot of steel frame structures did go together with nuts and bolts in various patterns depending on the load at that particular juncture...

As for the traffic on one side, I just saw that as well in this discussion...That certainly would put an interesting dynamic load on the structure that it wasn’t stressed for for a great amount of usage or time...

This incident will definitely put a review on traffic plans in the future in regard to bridge use...I’ve always thought that a bridge undergoing a “prolonged” repair or maintenence period should be completely shut down...

Now that may be something to consider after this...


1,119 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:50 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: hlmencken3

It was about 1800ft that collapsed.


1,120 posted on 08/01/2007 6:47:52 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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