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.
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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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.
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.
You use whats called a slip form on a bridge which means the concrete isn't attached to the bridge itself. If it was it would tear it appart with a Minnesota winter. I think it was an outfit out of St. Micheal that was doing to construction. They might has well figure on hanging it up. This really sucks I feel for all of them.
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).
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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