Highway bridge falls into Mississippi River

[Killer360]

For those that have not already heard the breaking news...



(CNN) -- At least seven people were killed when an interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed Wednesday evening, in what the governor called a "catastrophe of historic proportions."

The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET) when dozens of cars were on the bridge.

Witnesses described a "dust cloud" as it collapsed, sending cars and and chunks of concrete plunging into the Mississippi River below.

At least 60 people were taken to local hospitals, according to Minneapolis Fire Chief Jim Clack.

All survivors have been taken off the bridge, said Minneapolis police Chief Tim Dolan during a news conference Wednesday night. Crews have searched 50 cars and will be looking for more possible victims, but the mission has changed from a rescue to a recovery mode.

"We have confirmed that this will be a very tragic night when it is over," said Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.

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[Newby]

Damn.

[CrAz3D]

Damn.

No.  Bridge

[Sidoh]

Wow, that's terrible.  Someone's losing their engineering license. :-o

[leet_muffin]

Damn.

No.  Bridge

Hahahah. Best win for Crazed, ever.

[deadly7]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(

[rabbit]

Wow, that's terrible.  Someone's losing their engineering license. :-o

Maybe not.  If the engineer(s) of the project said there would be instabilities but the project chief wanted to build it anyway, licenses may be preserved ;\

[Sidoh]

Maybe not.  If the engineer(s) of the project said there would be instabilities but the project chief wanted to build it anyway, licenses may be preserved ;\

Yes, yes, I know.  I guess I was just trying to add to the drama. :P

[chuck]

Damn.

No.  Bridge

Now we need to dambit.

(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(

Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(

[iago]

Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(

Yeah, those people with flying cars will have to find a different place to cross the river.

I think the lack of a bridge will slow things down, not the construction :P

[rabbit]

Damn.

No.  Bridge

Now we need to dambit.

(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(

Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(

What's a damb?  Whatever.  Building a bridge takes quite a while, too.  Who knows though, maybe they'll build a tunnel?

[chuck]

Damn.

No.  Bridge

Now we need to dambit.

(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(

Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(

What's a damb?  Whatever.  Building a bridge takes quite a while, too.  Who knows though, maybe they'll build a tunnel?

Damb. No, wait, dam. They sound the same and confuse me sometimes. :(

[rabbit]

"Damb" isn't a word...
"Dam" is a word.
"Damn" is a word.
But "damb" isn't a word.

[BigAznDaddy]

so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest

[leet_muffin]

so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest

Err, shitty news. They were in the process of reconstruction, adding more to the bridge.

On a side note, who the fuck cares? Honestly, a bridge falls. A minimal amount of people die. And it gets news coverage for... how long? At that rate, there should be a channel to report every fucking death in the nation.