Bridge collapses in Minnesota
 

Pretty amazing stories (and live reports on FoxNews and CNN) coming from this story, please post as you receive them, I will do the same.


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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.

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Ever since the bay quake in 89 I've been scared to stop under overpasses.

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I was in a bar with my dad watching this. This is a huge huge story. We put the o/u on deaths at 50 and likely 300+ injuries.

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Local media reported 20 to 30 injuries; 2 Dead.. (This is just initial, pretty freakin scary, I hate bridges to begin with)
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We put the o/u on deaths at 50 and likely 300+ injuries.

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Holy Christ.

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I remember something like this happening (on a smaller scale) on an interstate in upstate NY near where I lived when I was growing up. Not having any sense for what interstates were back then, the sheer WTF of it was lost on me. But this is some scary [censored].

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CNN reporting busloads of 9-11 year old children on the bridge.

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35W is the biggest metropolitan highway and at that time of day was bumper to bumper on the bridge, way way more than 20 cars involved in this.

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Just looked this up on Google Maps satellite. Although it crosses the Mississippi, the river by that point is relatively tiny, i.e. it isn't a long bridge at all. I'm always amazed when I go back to the Midwest just how much all the bridges look/seem though. Probably a rust thing.

EDIT: NM on the crossing, I had it crossing something else. If I have the crossing correct now it's right next to downtown Minny.

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I have a number of friends in the Twin Cities, hoping everyone is OK.

I see on top of this that thunderstorms could hit the area in the next hour too.