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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

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To: pillut48

Was Tourist Guy there?


1,221 posted on 08/01/2007 7:10:28 PM PDT by racing fan (Go Team Israel!)
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To: I_Publius

Span: The length of the longest section of bridge over the river is 390 feet.
Vertical: The bottom of the bridge is 60.1 feet above the normal level of the river so a 60 foot tall boat can pass under it. The river is dammed up to keep it deep enough for barge traffic. The “Normal Pool Elevation” is the usual level of the water upstream of the dam.


1,222 posted on 08/01/2007 7:10:43 PM PDT by Qout
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

I can’t go back and read all the posts right now...it may already be here but on AOL, they say the kids got out thru the back exit door.


1,223 posted on 08/01/2007 7:10:59 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Fester Chugabrew
To say an event does not "appear to be" terrorism is NOT to rule it out. HS is making a qualified statment, not a positive one.

Thanks... It seems like very concise, clear English to me too.

1,224 posted on 08/01/2007 7:11:09 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Terriergal

All construction workers that were on the bridge accounted for except for one.


1,225 posted on 08/01/2007 7:11:16 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I don’t necessarily buy the construction thing, the heat thing, and the one lane thing.
1. Bridge work was being done on the deck on top of the bridge. The actual supporting structure was not being worked on.
2. The traffic was moving slowly. One lane worth to boot. Therefore there was less compression from fast moving traffic. The slower the traffic the less the bridge deck bows and shakes.
3. These bridges should be fine in the heat. It is hot, but not that hot.
FWIW


1,226 posted on 08/01/2007 7:11:30 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: SkyPilot
Shep is misreporting....as usual.

That girl needs to be retired to the Drama Queen closet.

1,227 posted on 08/01/2007 7:11:40 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: advance_copy

How did I miss that? How sad.


1,228 posted on 08/01/2007 7:12:11 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: CindyDawg

Hello!
The earlier aerial shots showed the back door still open


1,229 posted on 08/01/2007 7:12:29 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: CindyDawg
Fox just said there were 2 school buses.
1,230 posted on 08/01/2007 7:12:45 PM PDT by fatima (Baby alert,Baby Ava arrived 6-29-07 at 3 PM-she is 10 pounds:))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Why isn’t Fox showing the press conference?? I’m watching it on msnbc


1,231 posted on 08/01/2007 7:12:56 PM PDT by Kitten1 (12/23/1898; 12/25/1901; 3/6/36; 6/25/39; 9/11/55 -- Your sacrifice is not forgotten.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Inspection report last year indicated cracks in the structure.


1,232 posted on 08/01/2007 7:13:06 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: All
View of the bridge from the road runs underneath looking from north to south on the right side of the bridge.
1,233 posted on 08/01/2007 7:13:54 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Engineer Bn. K.I.A. 25 Apr. 2005)
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To: fatima

Well, I hope thats wrong but it would clear up some very early conflicting reports.


1,234 posted on 08/01/2007 7:14:02 PM PDT by John W
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To: U S Army EOD
Not good.

It's neither good or bad. It's just the way of things.

Among the first bridge designs was the stone arch. Take out only one stone and it collapses.

1,235 posted on 08/01/2007 7:14:03 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: jackv

The cute guy on Fox 9 the stre3am just sitting there twiddling his cute thumbs for a long time..


1,236 posted on 08/01/2007 7:14:25 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: fatima
Fox just said there were 2 school buses.

Are the kids safe from both buses? Being a parent of a child on one of those buses would be nightmarish about now.

1,237 posted on 08/01/2007 7:14:30 PM PDT by madison10
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To: All

Here is a report from 2004 showing cracks on that particular bridge, if I’m reading the report properly.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/const/tools/documents/completereport.pdf

Look at the photo on Figure 10, page 9 of the report (page 12 in my Adobe Reader). It’s a photo from 2004 showing cracks in the I35 bridge in St Paul. I’m assuming it’s the same bridge as this one that fell today.


1,238 posted on 08/01/2007 7:14:35 PM PDT by I_Publius
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To: Abigail Adams

Well now, I didn’t know that. Can I retract my post?


1,239 posted on 08/01/2007 7:14:37 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Strategerist

That can be gained easily by downloading the anarchist cookbook from the web.


1,240 posted on 08/01/2007 7:15:20 PM PDT by Inverse
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