Bridge collapse in MSP

[Gutter]

The entire span of the I-35W bridge collapsed over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

No link yet that I see.

Good god ...

 

[slappy4428]

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294.html

I-35W bridge collapses

By Matt McKinney, Star Tribune

Last update: August 01, 2007 – 6:45 PM

The span of the Interstate 35W bridge across the Mississippi River collapsed into the river around 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, sending cars into the water, witnesses said.

The collapse left some cars intact on the deck of the bridge, but others tumbled into the river, according to Joe Blade, a resident of the Riverview Tower at 1920 South First St.

“The bridge is collapsed into the river,” said Blade, speaking to a reporter from his apartment in the tower. “There’s black smoke coming out from underneath it at the southern edge of the collapse.”

Another resident of the tower said she heard the bridge collapse.

“First I heard this huge roar,” said Leone Carstens. “I was at my computer. Initially I thought, Wow was that an airplane?”

The scene that greeted her when she looked out her window was “awful,” she said.

The bridge was crowded with rush hour vehicles when it collapsed, she said. Thick black smoke rose up from the bridge as at least one vehicle burned on the cement below, she said. She said she couldn’t make out vehicles in the water, but there was debris.

“It could be people in the water. It may just be stuff sticking up out of the water,” she said. “They don’t seem to be moving.”

Matt McKinney • 612-673-7329

 

[JBHawkEye]

I've been on this bridge quite a few times.

I'm really queasy right now.

 

[Rough Mix]

Local news has live shots. This is bad. Saying 30-50 cars in the water (KSTP). Cars on fire.

 

[Rough Mix]

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[Angola!]

Local news has live shots. This is bad. Saying 30-50 cars in the water (KSTP). Cars on fire.

Any links to news web sites with video?

 

[zeke12]

**** me.

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

Unbelievable. It really looks like an earthquake hit there.

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

Local news has live shots. This is bad. Saying 30-50 cars in the water (KSTP). Cars on fire.

Any links to news web sites with video?

A couple of the local MSP stations are streaming.

 

[Gutter]

Local news has live shots. This is bad. Saying 30-50 cars in the water (KSTP). Cars on fire.

Any links to news web sites with video?

kstp.com

 

[Angola!]

Local news has live shots. This is bad. Saying 30-50 cars in the water (KSTP). Cars on fire.

Any links to news web sites with video?

kstp.com

Thank you.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

For the longest time I was scared of riding on bridges for this very reason. This is hard to contemplate.

 

[slappy4428]

This is amazing... CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News are all picking up MSP tv feeds

 

[Angola!]

Wow these pictures are insane. I can't believe how far those cars had to fall. Would it have been better to fall into the water or onto the ground part?

 

[Chad Conant]

holy ****. This is awful. A school bus stopped just in time. Hand of God?

 

[Angola!]

They just said there are cars upside down underneath the bridge in the water.
This is very scary.

 

[HejiraHenry]

For the longest time I was scared of riding on bridges for this very reason. This is hard to contemplate.

I don't like driving over bridges one damn bit. This won't help.

 

[sabrefan]

CNN just went away from the bridge story....what the ****?

 

[Songbird]

Interesting. CNN lives for this kind of catastrophe, yet they're doing a piece on Tillman right now. I find that interesting.

 

[JBHawkEye]

Interesting. CNN lives for this kind of catastrophe, yet they're doing a piece on Tillman right now. I find that interesting.

And as soon as they did it, I switched away.

I notice they're back, now.