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	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Off-Topic Discussion > Parking Lot > 3 dead as Mississippi River bridge falls amid rush hour in Minneapolis PDA 3 dead as Mississippi River bridge falls amid rush hour in Minneapolis Pages : 1 [2] MTK 08-02-2007, 08:50 AM Man, what a nightmare. My thoughts go out to the families and friends involved with this tragedy. Sammy Baugh Fan 08-02-2007, 02:15 PM I had to go up I-95 today and get on the Beltway [I-495] and the new bridges are over 100' in the air over land. I was thinking about how bad a colaps would be. Nightmare. My heart goes out. mredskins 08-02-2007, 02:31 PM I had to go up I-95 today and get on the Beltway [I-495] and the new bridges are over 100' in the air over land. I was thinking about how bad a colaps would be. Nightmare. My heart goes out. SBF I do the same thing! Expect in the Ft. McHenry tunnel. I am like ok I can still swim out from this point, if it breaks. Basically once you are in about 1/4 mile you are done! firstdown 08-02-2007, 02:59 PM I was entering a tunnell on 9/11 just after the attacks and they where talking about the posibility of more hits to bridges and tunnells. Then the trafic comes to a sudden and complete stop as I'm sitting about 100' under water I was just thinking this might not be good. Trafic picked back up and on the way home I took the long way around. jsarno 08-02-2007, 05:53 PM Very sad. I agree with Dmek, something that catastrophic happens and only three deaths is quite amazing. I hope all the injured get over their injuries. I was shocked at that too...I think it's how the bridge fell. It didn't break up into peices, most of it fell at once. I am still shocked to hear about this, and my biggest question is HOW? There are groups that cities hire to maintain bridges and constantly look at them for stress issues. Being a main bridge in Minnesota, what the hell happened? Who skrewed up on their job? CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR 08-02-2007, 07:18 PM lucky that the death toll is so low. very scary situation. Crazyhorse1 08-03-2007, 01:19 AM lucky that the death toll is so low. very scary situation. I heard on CNN last night that over 60,000 U.S. bridges were in a similar state of repair and that we need to spend 1.6 trillion to bring our infra-structure up to an acceptable level. It's a frightening thought that New Orleans and now Minnesota are just the first sites of an accelerating national tragedy. 70Chip 08-03-2007, 09:42 AM I heard on CNN last night that over 60,000 U.S. bridges were in a similar state of repair and that we need to spend 1.6 trillion to bring our infra-structure up to an acceptable level. It's a frightening thought that New Orleans and now Minnesota are just the first sites of an accelerating national tragedy. Why don't you give it a rest. The bodies aren't even cold yet.