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Interstate 35W in Minneapolis

dibz - Aug 2, 2007

		dibz	Aug 2, 2007
		I know we have at least a few Minnesotans on here, anyone affected by this? It's pretty crazy that an entire bridge falls like this, and horrifying really. Some links for anyone not up to date: http://www.startribune.com/10204/index.html... http://flickr.com/photos/s4xton/980374843/in/set-7... Also, Comment #14 is an interesting read here: http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/bridge-co...

		vbt	Aug 3, 2007
		I hope the US governement will take the rights measures in order it will never happen again

		schi0249	Aug 3, 2007
		The biggest problem is that there are 8,000 (13%) US bridges that fall under the classification of "Structurally Deficient." The title was intended as a classification for bridges that are "safe" but in the long run may need to be replaced. Here in MN, they are talking about $300-400 million for clean up and reconstruction. Granted, not every bridge would cost that much, but some could cost more. Imagine where $2,400,000,000,000 ($2.4 trillion) money would come from, if we wanted to replace every single one in that category. I have driven across that bridge hundreds of times. I am less worried about structurally deficient then I am about "continuous deck truss" bridges.

		Kuta	Aug 4, 2007
		schi0249 said: they are talking about $300-400 million for clean up and reconstruction. Hence the popular term; "Do it once, do it right".