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The 35W Bridge Remembrance Garden commemorates the victims and survivors of the I-35W bridge collapse. [173] It is located off West River Parkway in Minneapolis. [ 174 ] The memorial was revealed to the public on August 1, 2011, the four-year anniversary of the collapse. [ 174 ]
The previous 9340 Bridge, post-collapse. During the evening rush hour at 6:05 pm on August 1, 2007, the main spans of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis collapsed and fell into the river and onto its banks, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The bridge opened in 1967, and was expected to carry 66,000 vehicles per day.
The I-35W bridge failure and collapse resulted in an estimated economic loss of $71,000 to $220,000 per day, depending on how drivers adjusted their trips, Levinson and fellow professor Feng Xie ...
The bridge connected Minneapolis southwest of the Mississippi River to the Northeast Minneapolis neighborhood and served residents in the northern suburbs of the metro area. [11] [12] [13] Because of the collapse of the bridge, I-35W traffic was temporarily detoured through eastbound I-94 to northbound MN 280 where it meets up with I-35W in ...
“This authorization would be consistent with past catastrophic bridge collapses, including in 2007, when the Congress acted in a bipartisan manner within days of the I-35W bridge collapse in ...
Dramatic videos show the 1.6-mile-long bridge crumpling into the ... Tuesday’s disaster may be the worst US bridge collapse since 2007 when the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the ...
The Interstate 35W bridge collapsed without warning into the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis during the evening rush hour. Paul was 55 then, working as a shop-at-home designer for a local company and driving home in a minivan that doubled as a “store on wheels,” loaded with fabrics and sample books.
English: Cars rest on the collapsed portion of I-35W Mississippi River bridge, after the August 1 st, 2007 collapse. This was featured as one of the 12 most powerful photos of 2007 on ABC News online.