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bridge collapse
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too close to home? in 5 mins of bikin i could be looking at where that sucker used to be...hey that give me an idea and something to do now!
yea basically during rush hour a nice sized bridge which spans the great Mississippi river collapsed with like 50 cars on it. crazy!
yea basically during rush hour a nice sized bridge which spans the great Mississippi river collapsed with like 50 cars on it. crazy!
So nobody has died yet? I'm amazed since there were so many people on that bridge...heard an 18-wheeler caught fire in the collapse!
I remember taking a trip to Louisiana to see my sister who I see practically once a year (shes 8, 9 in December) and remember going over all these bridges thinking about how much it would suck ass if one of them collapsed.
Some of those are 60 years old I believe and I'm no expert but I don't think it will be long before that concrete needing replacements/repairs...
Theres one bridge in Louisiana I believe that just goes on for miles with a few land masses along the way connecting it, but mostly just elevated roads going across swamps...just to make it so people don't have to take a 20 mile detour or something like that...
I remember taking a trip to Louisiana to see my sister who I see practically once a year (shes 8, 9 in December) and remember going over all these bridges thinking about how much it would suck ass if one of them collapsed.
Some of those are 60 years old I believe and I'm no expert but I don't think it will be long before that concrete needing replacements/repairs...
Theres one bridge in Louisiana I believe that just goes on for miles with a few land masses along the way connecting it, but mostly just elevated roads going across swamps...just to make it so people don't have to take a 20 mile detour or something like that...
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35 W Bridge Collapse
The 35W Bridge, a 40-year-old single span (458' steel arch deck truss bridge) bridge 64' above the river, collapsed from both sides of its 4-lanes into the Mississippi River between 6 and 6:15. 50+ cars are estimated by KSTP to have been on the bridge at the time and about 30 cars wound up in the water. People are being fished out of the water. A semi-trailer burst into flames. Only one person was injured in a school bus that had youth (estimated ages 8-14) returning from a field trip. West River Parkway is involved in the chaos that looks like an earthquake or a catastrophe movie.
Patients are being taken to Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and may be sent to other medical centers, depending on the number injured in the disaster.
Overlay work had been scheduled by MnDOT for the bridge. Construction crews had been working on it. It is believed that several structural problems led to the collapse. As a matter of course, and decidedly not because there is any reason to think terrorism was involved, homeland security is on the scene.
More than 100,000 cars pass over the bridge every day. Alternate traffic routes will have to be found. 94, 280, and 694 are recommended.
Cellphone companies ask that people make no unnecessary cellphone calls. From the television news, it looks as though there is no traffic on the adjacent 10th Avenue bridge.
im gunna go see if I can get some pics myself or see whats happening. its looking like its going to storm like mad soon as well, may be just a fluke but its getting cooler and more humid by the minute!
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35 W Bridge Collapse
The 35W Bridge, a 40-year-old single span (458' steel arch deck truss bridge) bridge 64' above the river, collapsed from both sides of its 4-lanes into the Mississippi River between 6 and 6:15. 50+ cars are estimated by KSTP to have been on the bridge at the time and about 30 cars wound up in the water. People are being fished out of the water. A semi-trailer burst into flames. Only one person was injured in a school bus that had youth (estimated ages 8-14) returning from a field trip. West River Parkway is involved in the chaos that looks like an earthquake or a catastrophe movie.
Patients are being taken to Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and may be sent to other medical centers, depending on the number injured in the disaster.
Overlay work had been scheduled by MnDOT for the bridge. Construction crews had been working on it. It is believed that several structural problems led to the collapse. As a matter of course, and decidedly not because there is any reason to think terrorism was involved, homeland security is on the scene.
More than 100,000 cars pass over the bridge every day. Alternate traffic routes will have to be found. 94, 280, and 694 are recommended.
Cellphone companies ask that people make no unnecessary cellphone calls. From the television news, it looks as though there is no traffic on the adjacent 10th Avenue bridge.
im gunna go see if I can get some pics myself or see whats happening. its looking like its going to storm like mad soon as well, may be just a fluke but its getting cooler and more humid by the minute!
The Uncola
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Homeland Security anyone? Ohh.... I forgot. We spent $One Trillion bombing and occupying an Arab nation. I feel all better now. Infrastructure, who needs it?
yea im not gettin close at all....the cedar ave bridge is still up though!
you want this dry spell to continue?! are you insane? were in a sever drought! man all my plants are being hit hard!
you want this dry spell to continue?! are you insane? were in a sever drought! man all my plants are being hit hard!
Shit, you can have some of this water from Texas. The Brazos river is usually flowing at 4,300 cubic feet a second this time of year, it is now somewhere around 57,000 cubic feet a second. The highest it has ever been, since they started recording it at least.
Hell, there is so much fresh water pouring out of Texas that it is killing shit in the gulf.
Hell, there is so much fresh water pouring out of Texas that it is killing shit in the gulf.
not too far away myself...
not too far away myself...
I almost went to the twins game tonight, I would have had to cross that bridge... my aunt's husband made it across coming home from work 15 minutes before it collapsed. the shots of cars pancaked and submerged with cement blocks in em is beyond crazy... im smokin one for all those caught on the bridge yo...
not too far away myself...
I almost went to the twins game tonight, I would have had to cross that bridge... my aunt's husband made it across coming home from work 15 minutes before it collapsed. the shots of cars pancaked and submerged with cement blocks in em is beyond crazy... im smokin one for all those caught on the bridge yo...
Re Co
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i'm not a church goin guy...abirdintheair said:I almost went to the twins game tonight, I would have had to cross that bridge... my aunt's husband made it across coming home from work 15 minutes before it collapsed. the shots of cars pancaked and submerged with cement blocks in em is beyond crazy... im smokin one for all those caught on the bridge yo...
but i'ma prayin for everyone.,..my wife had to call her folks to make sure they were ok..
good to see a few more locals! I might try an run by tomorrow and see how its lookin. unless its gunna be another 90F+ day
but yea this one goes out to all the folks in the river and on the bridge
but yea this one goes out to all the folks in the river and on the bridge
