[hlmencken3]

Over at

http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/premium/printedition/Friday/chi-070803bridgecollapse-htmlpage,0,3347666.htmlpage?coll=chi_news_local_promo

there is a good diagram.

The center span over water is 468’ (if I recall correctly) of the 1900’ total.

The whole bridge was limited to one lane each direction where there is normally four lanes of heavy traffic each direction.

[RckyRaCoCo]

The whole bridge was limited to one lane each direction where there is normally four lanes of heavy traffic each direction.

Has that been confirmed? Even 2 days later i've heard conflicting accounts, 1/2 those saying 2 lanes were open per direction (4 total), and the other half saying only 1 lane per side(2 total). Could it be the reason for the confusion was that while parts of the collapsed section was down to 2 lanes, others were still at 4?