The
I-35W Mississippi River bridge
(officially known simply as
Bridge 9340
) was an eight-lane steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The bridge was completed in 1967, and its maintenance was performed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The bridge was Minnesota's fifth–busiest, carrying 140,000 vehicles daily.
The bridge catastrophically failed during the evening rush hour on August 1, 2007, collapsing to the river and riverbanks beneath. Thirteen people were killed and 145 were injured. Help came immediately after the collapse from mutual aid in the seven-county Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area and emergency response personnel, charities, and volunteers. City and county employees managed the rescue using post-9/11 techniques and technology that may have saved lives.
Within a few days of the collapse, the Minnesota Department of Transportation planned a replacement bridge, the St. Anthony Falls (35W) Bridge, which opened on September 18, 2008. As of early 2008, the NTSB has not determined the likely cause of the collapse, but did identify a design error that may have contributed to the failure.
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