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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: All
221
posted on
08/01/2007 5:02:18 PM PDT
by
Cindy
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
To: Solson
of course they are overloaded....it is SOP
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)
To: Ramius
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.)
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)
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)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Great pic,,,that tells alot,,,that’s an old bridge,,, 1967....Hey that's not old.
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!!!)
To: Abigail Adams
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
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.)
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?)
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
To: lesser_satan
Glad to hear you're okay l_s.
What a scary situation. Prayers for those who are trapped in the collapse.
To: All
237
posted on
08/01/2007 5:03:56 PM PDT
by
John W
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!)
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.
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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.)
To: markman46
I was on it a week ago - going north on 35W over to Highway 36.
Scary.
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