Bridge collapse in Washington

[armageddon]

KOMO reports I-5 Bridge over Skagit River has collapsed. Cars in water.

 

[User 1019]

That's a BIG river

 

[Riptide]

When the I-35 bridge collapsed in Minneapolis in 2007, didn't subsequent studies reveal that 70 percent of the bridges in America need significant repairs or added support?

 

[armageddon]

When the I-35 bridge collapsed in Minneapolis in 2007, didn't subsequent studies reveal that 70 percent of the bridges in America need significant repairs or added support?

Don't remember the number but I know the study did not paint a pretty picture.

Sadly, however, my first thought wasn't structural issues. Particularly in light of the train derailment in the northeast.

Just a bad feeling.

 

[Riptide]

Every time I go over a big bridge, I think of that report.

 

[armageddon]

Every time I go over a big bridge, I think of that report.

Every time I go over the I-35 bridge -- or any other in the Cities -- I think of that report/day.

 

[Machine Head]

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-over-Skagit-River-cars-in-water-208758631.html#

 

[Bubbler]

Jesus. Hope the deaths are minimal.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-over-Skagit-River-cars-in-water-208758631.html#

Holy crap.

 

[Quiet Man]

I guess the 'good' news, if you want to call it that, is that it's just one segment. The Minneapolis collapse was the entire thing. Plus this happened a bit later in the evening - maybe there weren't many vehicles that got caught in it.

 

[Mark2010]

Crap, that gives me the willies. I've driven over that bridge before, albeit a few years back. Still, eerie.

 

[Mark2010]

All the national cable news channels are airing re-runs of earlier programs. If news breaks at 2 pm somewhere, they're great with live coverage. If it breaks after 9 pm ET, they're pretty worthless.

 

[Machine Head]

Live:

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbcnews.com/51986246/

 

[Quiet Man]

Witness saying that an oversize load truck hit one of the overhead girders just before the collapse.

 

[DanOregon]

Really hope all survived. Looks more like a sudden collapse than anything suspicious. The way around that bridge is going to be a traffic nightmare.

 

[Armchair_QB]

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-over-Skagit-River-cars-in-water-208758631.html#

Reading that story it doesn't sound like the water is very deep along that part of the river, which probably kept this from being worse than it was.

A damaged red car and a damaged pickup truck were visible in the water, which appeared so shallow it barely reached the top of the car's hood.

 

[Quiet Man]

Reports are saying that three people were rescued from the river, and that they believe everyone is accounted for.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

An I-40 bridge in Oklahoma collapsed (after being hit by a runaway barge) on the Sunday before Memorial Day in 2002. Fourteen people died. I think that's the most killed in the USA in modern times.

 

[Riptide]

Sunshine Skyway, in Tampa Bay, killed 35 people when it collapsed in 1980 after being struck by a freighter. Cars and a Greyhound bus fell 150 feet to the water.

 

[dixiehack]

Listening to KOMO radio is a farce. Even as the anchor repeats reports from emergency management of no deaths, and his reporter on scene saying no significant injuries, he keeps calling it a tragedy every 30 seconds.