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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:49 pm    Post subject: Minneapolis road bridge collapses Reply with quote
Minneapolis road bridge collapses






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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Terrible, some were very luck, judging by the pics - cars 'parked' on almost impossible angles!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like a design fault caused that
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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?


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Terrible, agreed with all the bad things going on around the world who needed that !
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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?


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They think it may be damage or weakness of the supporting piers . . . Sad
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