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Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse: A Truss Failure?

Check in with our I-35W bridge collapse coverage page for the latest news, videos and photos covering the failure. I am not a structural engineer, but I did some groundwork on bridge history and ...
Southeast Missourian

Minnesotans ponder I-35W bridge collapse a year later

MINNEAPOLIS -- Buddhist monks chanted, American Indians pounded drums, and Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders offered prayers and scripture Friday, reflecting the religious ...
Law

A Minneapolis lawyer litigating the I-35W bridge collapse explains how bridges 'talk to you' long before buckling

The Interstate 35W bridge across the Mississippi River linked the north and south of Minneapolis for decades until its collapse on Aug. 1, 2007, killed 13 people, injured 150 and ignited a national ...
KARE

Minneapolis remembers I-35W bridge collapse 10 years later

Minneapolis remembers I-35W bridge collapse 10 years later Minneapolis remembers I-35W bridge collapse 10 years later ...
American Enterprise Institute

I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis

I got these pictures from Google Street View: This is the old I-35W bridge (I think), from West River Parkway (which is closed now), before the collapse on 8/1/2007: Update: These are pictures of the ...
Law

Minnesota Bridge Collapse Victims Get $52 Million Settlement

A pro bono consortium of firms led by Robins, Kaplan helped negotiate the settlement with URS Corp., the San Francisco-based engineering company responsible for inspecting the bridge prior to its ...

42년간 발견되지 않은 설계 오류: 미니애폴리스 I-35W 교량 붕괴 사고와 13명의 희생자

2007년 8월 1일 오후 6시 5분경, 미국 미네소타주 미니애폴리스의 미시시피강을 가로지르는 고속도로 교량이 퇴근 시간대 정체 속에서 갑자기 붕괴했습니다. 주간 고속도로 I-35W의 교량으로, 매일 수많은 차량이 오가는 도시의 간선 도로였습니다. 이 붕괴 사고로 13명이 사망하고 145명이 부상을 입었습니다.해당 교량은 1967년 완공된 이후 약 40년 ...