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| Mamod Collector |
Minneapolis road bridge collapsesMinneapolis road bridge collapses
Video http://video.uk.msn.com/v/en-gb/v...3a39e9df1&f=34/64&fg=copy |
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| Spokesmann |
Terrible, some were very luck, judging by the pics - cars 'parked' on almost impossible angles! | ||||
| joiner |
Looks like a design fault caused that | ||||
| MTA |
That bridge is about 40 years old, and hundreds of cars pass over it a day. Apparently it was being worked on at the time, so maybe something just gave in? | ||||
| Spokesmann |
Obviously MTA! 
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| avenger |
Terrible, agreed with all the bad things going on around the world who needed that ! | ||||
| MTA |
That'll teach me to read my posts 
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| Spokesmann |
They think it may be damage or weakness of the supporting piers . . . 
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| Nick |
Just came across this while searching through the threads.
I live only an hour from this and had driven over that same bridge several times. 
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| Mamod Collector |
Has it been rebuilt Nick |