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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.
Original – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Saint Anthony Falls of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It suddenly collapsed on August 1, 2007, killing 13 and injuring 145 Reason Good quality; historically unique Articles in which this image appears
It also shows the horror of the collapse in a way that can not be conveyed by a still image photograph. For these reasons, I do believe that this image meets the minimum requirements for a Featured Picture, and so I have decided to nominate it. Proposed caption The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsing on August 1, 2007.
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 I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Saint Anthony Falls of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Once the third-busiest bridge in the state, it suddenly collapsed on August 1, 2007, killing 13 and injuring 145. Rescue of people stranded on the bridge was ...
The Strong River Bridge, constructed in 1935, was among the 3% of Mississippi bridges found to be in overall poor condition, the former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Maria ...
The replacement of the collapsed I-35W Mississippi River bridge crosses the Mississippi River at the same location as the original bridge, and carries north–south traffic on I-35W. It was constructed on an accelerated schedule, because of the highway's function as a vital link for carrying commuters and truck freight. [165]
The bridge, located about 40 miles south of Jackson on State Route 149 over the Strong River in Simpson County, had been closed for nearly a month so crews could demolish it, the Mississippi ...