35W Bridge just Collapsed
 

..............In both directions right by the U of M

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woah

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http://kstp.com/article/stories/S156329.shtml?cat=1

HOLY SHIT!

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Watching it right now. Unbelievible

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My mom went over that bridge twice today. She called me and was all upset and stuff. Lucky. That's all it was. Luck that she didn't fall like 100 feet.

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I'm getting ready to head down to Porkys as well with the Mazda group. Traffic is going ot suck with this and the Twins game. It's crazy!

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Thats pretty fucking wild... I'm watching it as well and its unbelievable that it just collapsed. Doesnt make sense on why it would just drop. Although it is 50 years old, I cant believe it just dropped.

Hope no one is underneath!

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Holy shit!

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what time did it happen

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That is crazy!! Wow, I am watching it live now and a car just exploded. Nuts!

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A little after 6pm

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They were doing construction on it. I bet there was some big vibration or somebody layed some concrete and it shrunk or expanded with the heat/cold/whatever and broke some of the metal. It has to be due to the contruction, there is nothing else that would cause it to fail.

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It's just sad that this had to happen. It's also scary how the rescue efforts will play out with it being in the evening hours & there's a storm on the way (headed in that direction from what I could tell). :(

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The channel 5 lady was reading a report from the MNDOT that stated in May of 2006 there was reports of fatigue cracking on the large beams and supports under the cement structure that makes the bridge stable. An engineer basically stated this is probably one of the main reasons it is under construction currently.

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Tragic.

My prayers go out to the families.

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yeah no one bother trying to make a cell call. I am on the other side of st. cloud and our network in jammed!

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The rain just hit in Fridley and it is really hard, supposed to be pea sized hail too. Lots of lightning too.

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Holy crap. that is unreal and sad.

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22 injuries, plus 6 critical and 3 dead. Very sad.

There were construction workers on the bridge when it went down also, they don't know how many are unaccounted for.

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Wow!