The Minnesota Department of Transportation presented a preliminary plan to the Minneapolis City Council for a bridge to replace the 35W Bridge over the Mississippi River. The 35W Bridge collapsed on August 1st, killing at least 9 people and injuring over 100 others. State authorities need support fr
Clean up efforts at the scene of the 35W Bridge collapse included removal of the school bus that was on the bridge. The school bus was carrying 52 children when it collapsed on August 1st. Everyone on the bus survived the accident. In all, 44 vehicles have been removed from the bridge since its coll
The Mississippi River rose 1 to 2 feet overnight due to rain and there is a dangerous current. Navy divers have halted their search and recovery mission until conditions are safer. The official death toll is eight from the 35W Bridge collapse that happened in Minneapolis on August 1st. “Dive team me
A victim of the Minneapolis bridge collapse was pulled from the wreckage today bringing the death toll to nine. Three victims were found yesterday. The investigation for the bridge collapse received a new piece of evidence as well that may prove very helpful in figuring out what went wrong. The inve
Divers continued to search a week after the accident for remains in the recovery effort at the downed Minneapolis I35W Bridge. Two victims were pulled from the wreckage Thursday morning, bringing the total unaccounted for down to six. Difficult conditions in the murky river have prevented aggressive
Rescue divers pulled two bodies from the 35W Bridge collapse wreckage in Minneapolis today. This will raise the death toll to seven people killed when the bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed last Wednesday. The unidentified victims were removed and taken to the Hennepin County Medical Examin
Eyewitnesses recall seeing a person in a kayak under or around the 35W Bridge just before it collapsed. The Minneapolis Police Department is searching for the person and would like to interview them. They are also asking people to stay clear of the area as it is very hazardous. Thousands of people c
After a week of searching for victims from the Minneapolis bridge collapse, rescue coordinators have decided to bring in Navy and FBI divers. The local teams have not found the remaining eight people that are missing and believed to be dead, mainly due to very unstable debris and wreckage. In additi
The state of Minnesota has around 19,500 bridges and according to state inspectors 103 of them had a worse rating than the 35W Bridge in Minneapolis. 1,141 bridges are rated as being structurally deficient. The rating system is not necessarily for the safety of the bridge but an indicator of when it
The National Transportation Safety Board is now interviewing members of the road construction team that were working on the 35W Bridge just before it collapsed. The Minneapolis bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush hour traffic on Wednesday, injuring over 100 people. The National T
Rescue crews at the scene of the Minneapolis bridge collapse have pulled a car from the water today. They have not been able to locate the passengers that should have been in the car. It wasn’t immediately certain whether the vehicle, which was pulled out for closer inspection, contained any bodies.
Investigators looking into the 35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis have discovered that one end of the bridge fell sideways while the rest of the bridge fell straight down. They are not sure if that was the cause of the bridge collapse or because of the bridge collapsing. The National Transportation
