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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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http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Minneapolis+%2B+35W&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl


221 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:18 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: maryz

The schoolbus was right next to the burning truck, which Shep pointed out numerous times. Shep is a dufus.


222 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:22 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Solson

of course they are overloaded....it is SOP


223 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:27 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: finnman69

50 cars in the river

20-30 workers on the bridge at the time.

Im guessing the resurfacing work vribrations caused a damaged failing critical steel connections near one of the river pylons. The entire bridge did not unzip, it collapsed in almost one piece. Connection failure.


224 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:41 PM PDT by finnman69 (May Paris Hilton's plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
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To: Ramius

Thanks.


225 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Quick Shot

That plus union labor, maybe??


226 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:43 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Ramius

Right you are. Truck piled into the bridge and caught fire, not another truck as I mis-spoke.


227 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: rface

50 cars in the river and there were 30-40 workers on the bridge. Just horrible


228 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:54 PM PDT by don-o (Do the RIGHT thing. Become a monthly donor. End Freepathons forever)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Great pic,,,that tells alot,,,that’s an old bridge,,,

1967....Hey that's not old.

229 posted on 08/01/2007 5:02:55 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Just Damn.. I was just on that bridge 2weeks age


230 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:09 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Abigail Adams


231 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:11 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: finnman69

Bridge built in 1967,

single span?,

64 ft above the water.


232 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:27 PM PDT by maggief
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To: steveo

As I recall, that story turned out to be two years old.


233 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:28 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

They’re gonna have to work fast. There’s only a couple more hours of good daylight left. Twilight will make everything a little harder.


234 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:36 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: GRRRRR

Oh, this is horrible.. Please God save as many as you can...


235 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:38 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: lesser_satan
Glad to hear you're okay l_s.

What a scary situation. Prayers for those who are trapped in the collapse.

236 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:54 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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May 09, 2007: The Wall Street Journal “U.S. Infrastructure Found to Be in Disrepair”

http://www.vhsr.com/node/156


237 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:56 PM PDT by John W
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To: don-o
WOrking it buddy...FR News LIVE at 7PM!
238 posted on 08/01/2007 5:03:58 PM PDT by GRRRRR (The Libtards are spoiling for a big fight!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Fox News just reported that traffic was at a standstill when the bridge collapsed with traffic bumper to bumper.

Here’s my guess at what happened. At rush hour with traffic stopped, the density of cars was far greater than the bridge could support. Probably was designed for something like that but with the accumulated metal fatigue and corrosion over the years, a structural member gave way and the rest collapsed like dominos. Just my guess.


239 posted on 08/01/2007 5:04:05 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (A patriot will cast their vote in the manner most likely to deny power to democrats.)
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To: markman46

I was on it a week ago - going north on 35W over to Highway 36.

Scary.


240 posted on 08/01/2007 5:04:30 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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