Wednesday, August 01, 2007

35W Bridge collapse in the Twin Cities

Having grown up near the Twin Cities and having worked there on multiple occasions, it is kind of stunning to know that a bridge you've driven over before has collapsed. If the current number of fatalities, six, holds, you can consider it a bit of a miracle. A collapse of that bridge at that time of day could have been a lot worse. My thoughts and prayers are with those on the bridge during the collapse and their friends and families.

Update
The more I see of the collapse, the more I think that anything less than 50 fatalities is a miracle. Early indications that this was a structural failure means that there is going to be hell to pay once the rescure/recovery operation is over. Minnesotans are going to be reminded of this every day for several years.

Update 2
These are the best photos you are going to see.

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