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  • Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse Failure Analysis

    08/31/2007 10:53:47 AM PDT · 75 of 79
    sgw1009 to jeffers
    Following are the individual frames of the Army Corps of Engineers video of the I-35W bridge collapse, which all may find of interest.

    There are a total of 26 frames of video, and in the original (posted) sequence it lasts a total of about 12.4 seconds, meaning that the time between frames is about 0.477 seconds.

    It is interesting to note that there is no bridge movement between the first and second frames, meaning that the video has captured the entire collapse from the start (which begins between frames 2 and 3, and is already underway at frame 3. It is also interesting to note that there is a very slight upward shift of the camera between frames 2 and 3 (coincident with the beginning of the collapse).

    It is also noteworthy that the bridge segments closest to the camera (at least from initial observation) appear to be falling straight down.  It is difficult from this perspective to tell if the east (far) side of the bridge was falling ahead of the west (near) side.

    Even though the bridge appears to have broken somewhere on the south end, out of camera view, these pictures can perhaps still provide some additional information and insight into the collapse.

     

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