Bridge Collapse

[04silverado1500]

well im sure by now most of you have heard about a bridge in minneapolis collapsing i live in lakeville mn and thought i would bring this up to see if anyone has been affected by it. i have been my dads highschool friends wife is in critical condition with bad brain injuries.

[svensk]

well im sure by now most of you have heard about a bridge in minneapolis collapsing i live in lakeville mn and thought i would bring this up to see if anyone has been affected by it. i have been my dads highschool friends wife is in critical condition with bad brain injuries.

Man...Thankfully my dad went over the bridge about 4pm to pick my mom up from work. They got home and saw what happened on the news. I was kind of in disbelief when I heard about it until I turned on the TV.

Most people who aren't familiar with the Mnpls area don't quite understand the scale of what happened. This section of bridge with 8-lane highway was 2,000ft. long and all 2K ft of it is just gone.

[General Lee 01]

I don't really personally know anybody out that way, so I'm not immediately affected by it. But I feel horrible about it, my thoughts and prayers are with those who are immediately affected.

 

 

There are alot of bridges in VA that are either going through major construction or have gone under major construction recently, and this whole thing has made me think about avoiding those bridges.

[JimsZR2]

Thats about a few blocks from my work...

 

It's very rare I go that route on my way home, I usually cross over 35W on Hennepin to 280 then I go south to 94 and then east. I've been on that bridge a few times and it's a big drop from where it stood to the water.

 

While I was at work today I heard a blackhawk helicopter and ran outside to see it! Way freakin cool chopper man! It was flying next to the presidential helicopter with the First Lady inside!