Bridge collapses in Minnesota - Page 2

Cubswin · #1 08-01-2007, 08:43 PM

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Probably a rust thing.

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My initial thought was foundation/soil issues but im no engineer. If the bridge was under construction as is now being reported, that opens the door to a whole lot of things that could have gone wrong. My thoughts go out to everyone involved.

Quicksilvre · #2 08-01-2007, 10:11 PM

I'm reading that fifty cars went into the drink, so I think I'm going to take the under on this one. I think that 35/50 would be my guess.

devilbiss · #3 08-01-2007, 10:14 PM

Local news reported 6 confirmed deaths so far and 38 injuries.

secretprankster · #4 08-02-2007, 09:41 AM

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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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lolll

Uglyowl · #5 08-01-2007, 08:32 PM

Local media reported 20 to 30 injuries; 2 Dead.. (This is just initial, pretty freakin scary, I hate bridges to begin with)

Wad · #6 08-01-2007, 08:38 PM

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.

whiskeytown · #7 08-01-2007, 09:52 PM

I don't cross that bridge that much - almost crossed it last week - it's about 60 feet off the ground.

heard they were resurfacing - I know that stretch of 35W was closed this weekend cause I tried to cross it but couldn't - train was passing under one side of it and the span collapsed on the tracks, so maybe the freight train vibrations took something down -

reports are it was shaking and rocking and then just started collapsing like it was made of cards -

one fatality (possibly 3) - local news is keeping us up to date - I'm about a mile away at work -

about 100K cars cross it every day -

rb

ligastar · #8 08-01-2007, 09:54 PM

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I don't cross that bridge that much - almost crossed it last week - it's about 60 feet off the ground.

heard they were resurfacing - I know that stretch of 35W was closed this weekend cause I tried to cross it but couldn't - train was passing under one side of it and the span collapsed on the tracks, so maybe the freight train vibrations took something down -

reports are it was shaking and rocking and then just started collapsing like it was made of cards -

one fatality (possibly 3) - local news is keeping us up to date - I'm about a mile away at work -

about 100K cars cross it every day -

rb

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whiskeytown,

It is a fact that the train we see crushed by part of the bridge was moving during the collapse?

icepick · #9 08-01-2007, 09:55 PM

2002 traffic counts put it at 140k cars/day. Easily 170k+ now a days I imagine.

whiskeytown · #10 08-01-2007, 09:59 PM

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2002 traffic counts put it at 140k cars/day. Easily 170k+ now a days I imagine.

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yah, it's a pretty important bridge into downtown - traffic commuting is gonna get a lot more complicated from the NE into downtown.

I haven't heard if the train was moving when it got crushed. I suspect investigation is still a few days away.

RB