conzer16 Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 A freeway bridge at the height of rush hour has collapsed! FOX NEWS REPORT A freeway bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed Wednesday, sending many cars into the water, injuring 20 to 30 people, authorities tell FOX News. Tons of concrete have collapsed and people are injured. Survivors are being carried up the riverbank. This bridge connects downtown Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota. The entire span of the 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue. Some people are stranded on parts of the bridge that aren't completely in the water. A tractor-trailer is on fire at the collapse scene. CNN REPORT MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- A freeway bridge spanning the Mississippi River collapsed during evening rush hour Wednesday, sending many cars into the water. art.lacroix.irpt.jpg Mark Lacroix photographed the bridge collapse from his apartment window. Tons of concrete collapsed and there were injuries, authorities said. Survivors were being carried up the riverbank. Some people were stranded on parts of the bridge that weren't completely submerged. The entire span of the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue in Minneapolis There is live coverage from FoxNews here Live stream from CNN's helicopter (no audio) here
Marshmellow Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 What a coincidence I was just watching this on the news...
UK Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 conzer's pulled a Dante. Anyways, bad news, when I first saw it I thought it may be terrorism, but it could be a number of things. Poor people, caught up in it all...
Spiderwick Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Yeah it's bad. Front page of the newspaper. All over the news. Terrible thing to happen. Though I wouldn't suspect terrorists. They have bigger and better things to bomb than a bridge.
Zell Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 What so the bridge just collapsed? By itself? That's really really bad. This kinda reminds me of the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
EEVILMURRAY Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 This was posted the day after on the Tales Forum, and someone had the cheek to say it was old, posting a lovely net macro with it... bell end. I read the post but I might have missed it, was there a cause mentioned?
harribo Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 This was posted the day after on the Tales Forum, and someone had the cheek to say it was old, posting a lovely net macro with it... bell end. I read the post but I might have missed it, was there a cause mentioned? Didn't it get a rating of 4/10 when inspected or something. I think I heard that on the radio sometime.
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