Miscellaneous

• Ninth Victim Found in Minneapolis Bridge Wreckage

  Shannon Weidemann | August 10, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 investigation into the cause of the collapse will be aided by an aerial photograph taken just...

• Minneapolis Bridge Search Progress Gradual

  Courtney Mills | August 10, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 search efforts throughout the past week, making progress to reach victims in the underwater...

• Two More Victims Found at Bridge Collapse Site

  Shannon Weidemann | August 09, 2007 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 Examiner, police said.Eight people had been listed as missing from the August 1 collapse of the...

• Minneapolis Authorities Look for Kayaker

  Shannon Weidemann | August 08, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 continue to flock to the site, and 14 people have been arrested for breaching the perimeter so...

• Minnesota has 103 Bridges Rated Worse Than 35W Span

  Shannon Weidemann | August 06, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 will qualify for state and federal funding for replacement and repair. Among these are 103...

• NTSB Focuses on Construction Work During Bridge Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 05, 2007 7:42 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 Transportation Safety Board interviewed construction workers and gathered information on the...

• Search Crews Pull Car From Mississippi River

  Shannon Weidemann | August 04, 2007 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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.Families of the missing continued to wait for word that any bodies had been found in the...

• Part of 35W Bridge Shifted Sideways in Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 03, 2007 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  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 Safety Board is investigating.``What we have is a step forward,'' Rosenker said of the...

• Death Toll Up to Five in Bridge Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 03, 2007 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The death toll from the 35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis has now been raised to five. Rescue workers are slowly going through the wreckage to find victims. There are eight people missing and feared dead in the collapse. More bodies had been spotted in the fast-moving currents, which were "even more treacherous" today than a day earlier, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said.Fourteen...

• FHA Urges States to Inspect Bridges Similar to One in Minneapolis

  Shannon Weidemann | August 02, 2007 7:47 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The Federal Highway Administration is urging each state to inspect their bridges that are like the one that collapsed in Minneapolis. The 35W Bridge is a steel-deck truss bridge and over 750 such bridges exist around the United States. Mary Peters, the Transportation Secretary, sent out letters after the bridge collapse yesterday."Even though we don't know what caused this collapse, we want...