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The 35W Bridge Remembrance Garden commemorates the victims and survivors of the I-35W bridge collapse. [173] It is located off West River Parkway in Minneapolis. [ 174 ] The memorial was revealed to the public on August 1, 2011, the four-year anniversary of the collapse. [ 174 ]
The previous 9340 Bridge, post-collapse. During the evening rush hour at 6:05 pm on August 1, 2007, the main spans of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis collapsed and fell into the river and onto its banks, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The bridge opened in 1967, and was expected to carry 66,000 vehicles per day.
The I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge was opened in mid-September 2008, a startlingly fast turnaround by infrastructure standards. ... The I-35W bridge failure and collapse resulted in an estimated ...
[11] [12] [13] Because of the collapse of the bridge, I-35W traffic was temporarily detoured through eastbound I-94 to northbound MN 280 where it meets up with I-35W in Roseville. The replacement I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge was built in less than a year and opened to traffic on September 18, 2008, at 5:00 am CDT, three months ahead of ...
The Interstate 35W bridge collapsed without warning into the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis during the evening rush hour. Paul was 55 then, working as a shop-at-home designer for a local company and driving home in a minivan that doubled as a “store on wheels,” loaded with fabrics and sample books.
I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: Bridge: 13 dead, 145 injured 2007: Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction: Hunan, China: Bridge: 50+ dead, ~90+ injured 2007: Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge: Cần Thơ, Vietnam: Bridge: 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured 2007: Estádio Fonte Nova ...
Interstate 35W (Minnesota), a 42-mile (68 km) Interstate highway serving Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its suburbs The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, which collapsed on August 1, 2007; The I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge, its replacement; Interstate 135 in Kansas, which was designated as Interstate 35W until 1976
Tuesday’s disaster may be the worst US bridge collapse since 2007 when the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13. Show comments. Advertisement.