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35W bridge over Mississippi collapsed
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:45 pm
by John
Very little info at this point. Looks terrible on TV.
KSTP wrote:35W bridge over Mississippi collapsed
People were crawling to rescue Wednesday after the 35W bridge over the Mississippi River has collapsed. Cars were on fire.
Witnesses have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that people are in the water.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS crews estimate as many as 50 vehicles are in the crash.
Police have begun a rescue operation to save those people.
Emergency crews are on the scene.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:01 pm
by MWNANCe
I am seeing pictures of this is CA.
Hope all are safe
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:15 pm
by Kansas Viking
Watching Live on both CNN and KSTP via the Internet. Is this section of the bridge just North East of the Metrodome and Washington Ave?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:24 pm
by Kansas Viking
That's the section. They have a map over at the Strib.
Re: 35W bridge over Mississippi collapsed
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:45 pm
by DanAS1
All of us outside of the Twin Cities are thinking of you guys. Hope the casualty count is very, very minimal.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:30 pm
by PurpleMustReign
What a scary scene. It looks like armegeddon. The whole freakin thing is gone, in the water. Looks like maybe half mile of bridge? The more video/pics I see the scarier it gets.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:34 pm
by John
I'm guessing when the bridge went it was at least a 40 foot drop for most. Some would land near the shore on both sides others wouldn't be that lucky... even if they could survive the fall.
I can't imagine how this happened. The bridge was under repair at the time. There is a report that several of the supports were questioned at the last inspection.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:33 pm
by vikingman
They just advised that they now have confirmed that seven have died. From the pictures I have been seeing alnight that count is going to go even higher thoughout the night. What a tragic loss for everyone involved. My heart goes out to you guys that live in the area.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:02 pm
by DougMN
I work about 2 miles down University Ave from there...very rarely drive 35W though. I can't even comprehend this yet...
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:13 pm
by DeeEss57
DougMN wrote:I work about 2 miles down University Ave from there...very rarely drive 35W though. I can't even comprehend this yet...
Going down to the Cities from Duluth, I always take 35W and drive over that very bridge. If I had been going to the Twins game tonight, I would have been very near that point when it went down. Kind of a scary thought.
I remember thinking, while I was watching the coverage on CNN, that this kind of thing doesn't happen in Minnesota. We get tornadoes and floods, but not this. It's kind of mind numbing.
Dawn
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:21 pm
by viker 77
Just saw it on the news... Here's praying the damage is minimal.... Very strange event indeed, almost surreal..... Take care all..........
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:40 am
by Minniman
I've been over that bridge many times.
It's sort of strange, because that bridge and the old Mendota Heights bridge were always sort of scary to cross.
This has been a really bad day.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:57 am
by Dark Viking
John wrote:I'm guessing when the bridge went it was at least a 40 foot drop for most.
65 feet.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:28 am
by Samkon35
are there any reports of how it broke yet?
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:22 am
by DeeEss57
FavresLegacy wrote:are there any reports of how it broke yet?
Nope. Some kind of structural failure is the leading supposition at this point.
Dawn