I35W Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis Minnesota

 

 

Before photo by Ed Kohler @  thedeets.com.

 

See the wikipedia entry for an overview of the situation -- the I35W Bridge wikipedia entry with pictures.

 

TwinCities.com Bridge Collapse News portal written by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Fifty or more articles.

http://www.twincities.com/collapse

 

Minnesota Public Radio reports.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2007/bridge_collapse/

 

'You are alive! So buck up, girl'

http://www.twincities.com/collapse/ci_6599635?nclick_check=1

 

Collapse video

http://www.twincities.com/collapse/ci_6595490?source=rv&nclick_check=1

 

Basic bridge maintenance was spotty

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_6595736

 

From the (ahem) horses mouth.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/i35wbridge/

 

Citizen reports and stories about citizen reports

 

Andy Blair's account of his experience.

http://www.andyblair.com/

 

Jason DeRusha tells where the best places to view the disaster area are.

http://wcco.com/jasonblog/local_blogentry_221175138.html

 

A post by Aaron Landry...

Noah Kunin and his girlfriend Britt Bakken lived closest to the I35W bridge that collapsed on August 1st. They had some incredible first-hand experience of the event.

http://s4xton.com/1563/interviewing-noah-kunin-and-britt-bakken/

See more about Noah's ordeal below.

 

Cameras in hand, citizens take over

http://www.twincities.com/collapse/ci_6530574?nclick_check=1

 

35W Bridge Collapse - MN Stories

http://www.mnstories.com/archives/2007/08/35w_bridge_coll.html

 

KSTP live report (taped off of TV)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJJ7gDoupE

 

Mike Mcintee probes possible causes

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/2/11616/19006

 

David Howell

• Post - http://www.taoofdavid.com/2007/08/01/i35w-bridge-collapse-minneapolis-mn-2/
• All - http://taoofdavid.com/
• http://www.taoofdavid.com/2007/08/01/i35w-bridge-collapse-minneapolis-mn-2/

 

Here is a link to a flash application that shows the before satellite image of the

I35W bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis. You need the "flash" application installed to see it.

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=44.977787&lon=-93.245089&z=16.3&r=308&src=msl

 

 

A recent Future Tense included conversations with Minnesota citizens who helped document the tragic 35W bridge collapse with their blogs, cameras, and cell phones.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/wavlength/

 

Noah Kunin's story

Noah Kunin and his girlfriend Britt Bakken lived closest to the I35W bridge that collapsed on August 1st.

 

 

Other Reports

 

WCCO

http://www.channel4000.com/bridge-collapse/index.html

 

 

Minneapolis Relies on Wi-Fi Network in Bridge Failure

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028978&source=rss_topic15

 

 

Star Tribune coverage page:

http://www.startribune.com/bridge/

 

 

Star Tribune story on August 2nd (the day after)

"4 dead, 79 injured, 20 missing after dozens of vehicles plummet into river"

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294.html

 

Raw Links

• http://mnpublius.com/2007/08/a-great-big-morbid-street-party/
• http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/bridge-collapses-in-minneapolis/ (and comment 14 may be of interest)
• http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/05/ntsb/
• http://www.blanked-out.com/2007/08/01/35w-just-came-down-right-in-front-of-my-house/
• http://skybluewaters.org/blog1/2007/08/01/35w-bridge-over-the-mississippi-river-collapses/ (Tom Elco?)

 

 

Google Search for '35W' 'Bridge' 'Collapse' (will change over time).

http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=35W+Bridge+Collapse

 

Links to pages with more links

 

Metrobogging in Twin Cities, Minnesota. (from Erica M.)

http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/archives/2007/08/35w_bridge_link.phtml

http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/archives/2007/08/35w_bridge_link_1.phtml

 

Erica M.'s profile - http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/profile.phtml?author=478

 

 

 

Photo Links

 

Reader Photo Gallery at the Star Tribune (best)

http://www.startribune.com/10207/gallery/1338952.html

 

Photo Slideshow from Craig Vanders

http://www.craigvanders.com/slideshows/2007/35Wcollapse/

 

flickr photo pool - 35w bridge disaster -- the photos in this photo pool include pictures taken by most of the authors below. Good to look at if you want to see everything. There are about 750 photos here.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/35w-bridge-disaster/pool/

 

flickr photo pool - Disasters -- photos from the i35w bridge collapse and other national disasters.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/disasters/pool/

 

Photos from Noah Kunin posted by s4xton:

http://flickr.com/photos/s4xton/sets/72157601157770382/

 

Photos from Sean:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seantubridy/sets/72157601160258855/

 

Photos from Jesse Dhein:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesse_dhein/sets/72157601163952788/

 

Photos from memh: (quite good)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19385954@N00/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19385954@N00/sets/72157600056216591/

 

Photos from Marina Castillo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinacastillo/sets/72157601169300258/

 

Photos from Mr Bula:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbula/sets/72157601157531530/

 

Photos from onebigswede:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebigswede/sets/72157601244164828/

 

Photos from M Hornquist:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53144634@N00/sets/72157601206349203/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53144634@N00/sets/72157601206382713/

 

Photos from Rexall:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexall/sets/72157601157693036/

 

Photos from AdamDi:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamdi/sets/72157601177473879/

 

Photos from shayze:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shayze/sets/72157601246818183/

 

Photos from Tony S Reinke:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10427/sets/72157601214866462/

 

Photos from MNkiteman:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84853337@N00/sets/72157601198372931/

 

Photos from ebrandt78:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eb78/sets/72157601157131324/

 

Photos from bridgepix:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80651083@N00/

 

Puppethead - ( http://www.flickr.com/people/puppethead/ ):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/puppethead/sets/72157601268299224/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/puppethead/1034921823/

 

A listing of FlickrAuthors I've found that have taken bridge photos.

 

A sample of photos from the above authors.

 

Construction Picture of the bridge from July 1967

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1338294-a1338421-t3.html

 

Before pictures of the bridge as posted to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:I35W_Bridge.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:I-35W_Bridge_2.jpg

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Last Updated on September 13th, 2007.

Matthew Johnson