Full Coverage: Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

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News Stories

Parties clash over gas tax for bridges AP via Yahoo! News - Wed, Sep 05, 2007
Bush Promises Minnesota Officials Quick Action on Bridge Repair Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Tue, Aug 21, 2007
Bridge Disaster Fuels Push to Raise Tax for Repairs Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Mon, Aug 20, 2007
More bodies recovered; bridge collapse total now 8 at CNN.com - Fri, Aug 10, 2007
Three more Minn. bridge collapse victims found at USATODAY.com - Fri, Aug 10, 2007

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Feature Articles

How to pay for US road and bridge repair? at Christian Science Monitor - Fri, Aug 10, 2007
Driver makes dramatic underwater escape after bridge collapses at CNN.com - Sat, Aug 04, 2007
She did what she had to do to survive at Minneapolis Star Tribune - Sat, Aug 04, 2007
Keeping up with the numbers at Minneapolis Star Tribune - Sat, Aug 04, 2007
For families of missing, waiting hurts most at Pioneer Press - Sat, Aug 04, 2007
After Collapse, Phobic Look Closer to Home at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Sat, Aug 04, 2007

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Opinion & Editorials

A reminder, again, on aging infrastructure at Des Moines Register - Fri, Aug 03, 2007
Brooklyn Bridge Is One of 3 With Poor Rating at The New York Times (reg. req'd) - Thu, Aug 02, 2007
Public anger will follow our sorrow at Minneapolis Star Tribune - Thu, Aug 02, 2007
Tragic collapse, inspiring response at Pioneer Press - Thu, Aug 02, 2007

Related Web Sites

MDOT: Interstate 35W Bridge Collapse - provides inspection and structure inventory reports of the Interstate 35W bridge, plus detour and traffic information.
Wikipedia: I-35W Mississippi River bridge - provides background on the bridge and the aftermath of the collapse. Also lists other catastrophic collapses throughout history.
Northwestern University: Bridge Disasters - provides information on many bridge disasters around the world. From Northwestern's Infrastructure Technology Institute.