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  • Pigeon dung examined in bridge collapse

    08/22/2007 3:32:54 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 6 replies · 581+ views
    AP - Yahoo ^ | August 22, 2007 | Martiga Lohn
    Pounded and strained by heavy traffic and weakened by missing bolts and cracking steel, the failed interstate bridge over the Mississippi River also faced a less obvious enemy: pigeons. Inspectors began documenting the buildup of pigeon dung on the span near downtown Minneapolis two decades ago. Experts say the corrosive guano deposited all over the Interstate 35W span's framework helped the steel beams rust faster...