Bridge collapses in Minnesota

[icepick]

Judging by the pics I've seen, it doesn't look like the train was moving. No derailment or pile up or anything. Just a few crushed cars.

[whiskeytown]

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I was wondering why the Twins game was still going on, here is an excerpt from Gambling911 from Foxnews:

"Wednesday night's game was continuing out of fear that letting fans out early would hinder rescue efforts."

Thursdays game canceled.

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ah jeez - 10K twins fans let out early decide to go gawking - that's a good point -

it's easy walking distance from the Metrodome.

rb

[Dids]

more minn 2p2ers plz post in this thread being ok.

[SL__72]

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I was wondering why the Twins game was still going on, here is an excerpt from Gambling911 from Foxnews:

"Wednesday night's game was continuing out of fear that letting fans out early would hinder rescue efforts."

Thursdays game canceled.

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ah jeez - 10K twins fans let out early decide to go gawking - that's a good point -

it's easy walking distance from the Metrodome.

rb

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Its actually like 25k people and they want to keep them off the roads as long as possible because under normal circumstances Twins games cause a traffic jam in that area.

[efficacy]

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Does anybody have any profile views of the bridge before the collapse? There are many possible failure mechanisms and a clear picture of the structural system would make it easier to identify them.

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Here is a tiny photo I found, 35w is (edit) the one at the top:



You can see the road going underneath the bridge where my wife and I went running last night.

[Quicksilvre]

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]

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

[2461Badugi]

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Does anybody have any profile views of the bridge before the collapse? There are many possible failure mechanisms and a clear picture of the structural system would make it easier to identify them.

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They shouldn't be too hard to find. It seems pretty clear to me from the distribution of the wreckage that the south pier failed.

[icepick]

Wikipedia FTW

[ligastar]

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Wikipedia FTW



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Why hasn't any of the major cable news stations shown this picture. Great find as we see exactly how the bridge looked.

Also from Wikipedia:

Carries Eight lanes of Interstate 35W
Crosses Mississippi River
Locale Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maintained by Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number 9340
Design Deck-arch truss bridge
Longest span 458 feet (140 m)
Total length 1907 feet (581 m)
Width 108 feet (33 m)
Clearance below 64 feet (19.5 m)
AADT 141000[1]
Opening date 1967
Destruction date August 1, 2007