I35W Bridge Collapse Info

[PAGoldsby]

Here is a link to a guy's page about the bridge that collapsed on 01 Aug 07 in Minneapolis. There is a brief summary of the 2003 MNDOT findings from the scheduled inspection.

Linky (http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/bridges/pages/ms16.html)

This thread is further to the excellent coverage provided by Mk1a in today's Morning Reads thread.

Philbert

[PAGoldsby]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/DzlBenz/MoarCAT.jpg

Latest from Engineering News Record (http://enr.construction.com/news/othersources/article.asp?SMDOCID=knightridder_2007_08_02__0000-2151-MS-COLLAPSE-BRIDGE-20070802&SMContentSet=0)

[PAGoldsby]

Apparently, there is Mpls police surveillance video that shows the collapse.

Link to story. (http://enr.construction.com/news/transportation/archives/070802a.asp)