Bridge Down on I35 w in Minneappolis

[scaleracer]

Just as the title says a bridge is down on I35 w in Minneappolis into the Mississippi River sending cars into the river during rush hour they have reported 3 people dead and said that a school bus full of kids was effected also and they are investigating if it is a terrorism attack or not.

[Anakonda69]

just saw it on the news...looks pretty nasty

[scaleracer]

i agree it looks like a big mess

[SmokinRAM114]

fu<kin insane, just saw it on the news,heard about it earlier. has to have been tampered with.

[Korndogg]

It doesnt have to be tampered with. They were working on it. There were only 4 lanes open at the time. Accidents happen. Right away, people think its a damn terrorist attack.

[Reverend Cooper]

in a way and i dont wish anyone killed or hurt obviously,but its to bad its not terrorism,maybe we would nuke the ever living shit outta that piece of shit area and be threw with it. sorry end rant. 6 dead they fear more by the morning just watching a live feed fro their news station

[Force4]

yea i saw that on the cnn.com today. thats so tragic

[Yooformula]

up to 7 dead now. I cant believe the ENTIRE fuggin bridge dropped...

[whistlin six]

Scroll down and take a look at these pics...unbelievable.
http://www.maliburacing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57005

[Al]

Follow this link to MSN maps for a very good pic of the bridge. This bridge looks FLIMSY!!!

I bet the northern support was undermined by the river current leading to failure.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=rgwvy276wknb&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=6176674&rtp=null~null&encType=1

[Cryptic]

Follow this link to MSN maps for a very good pic of the bridge. This bridge looks FLIMSY!!!

I bet the northern support was undermined by the river current leading to failure.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=rgwvy276wknb&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=6176674&rtp=null~null&encType=1


wow, that thing does look like a piece of sh!t... compare it to the far bridge.

[Anakonda69]

yeah that middle pillar could have easily been eroded from the water....wonder how often these bridges get checked for safety issues? i hate bridges....i got stuck on one going over the mississippi on the edge of iowa....there was an accident right in the middle and cops had to direct traffic around one lane at a time...not to cool....i love the water but not like that

[Silver350]

It doesnt have to be tampered with. They were working on it. There were only 4 lanes open at the time. Accidents happen. Right away, people think its a damn terrorist attack.


Agreed. Hell Look at what happen to the hoan bridge.... It just cracked.

[Flight_740]

Or even years of boats/bardges just nudging it every now and then.

[Cutlass Queen]

This is so tragic...wow:wooo

[Force4]

20 missing now, You can watch it collapse on aol.com, i just watched the video, a security camera at a local business captured the collapse.

[Karps TA]

Amazing how we can spend billions of dollars rebuilding other countries, but we can't somehow come up with the money to make sure shit like this doesn't happen here. They said years ago that the bridge had structural issues. They should have closed the damn thing then and rebuilt it. Not just keep putting band aids on it.

[Cryptic]

Since we're on the subject.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw

[Russ Jerome]

I lived within sight of it yrs ago, spent lots of time fishing
right under that and all the other bridge's. If there was
no construction and all the lanes were open that could
have been 10x worse than it is, and it looks bad as is.

[Flight_740]

Whats crazy about that was it was just wind doing that.


remember that old Pioneer comercial that used that footage? Hilarious.

[Z28Envy]

Here's a link to one of the news channels from Rochester, MN where I'm from. They have some really good pictures if you click on the scrolling pictures it goes to a slide show that you can look through.

http://www.kaaltv.com/

[Yooformula]

apparently it was inspected several years ago and was found to have cracks but nothing to warrant a replacement, I bet someone is sh!tting themselves right now.

[Reverend Cooper]

yeah everyone looking for a loved one! ^

[Yooformula]

yeah everyone looking for a loved one! ^

I meant a bridge inspector.

[Reverend Cooper]

i know ^ it just the dickheadedness in me

[OxmanWI]

Wow this is crazy! I just heard about this now. I've been studying for a test and haven’t watched TV in the past couple days. God be with the families...:(