Divers search the mississippi river for victims of the interstate 35w bridge collapse in minneapolis, thursday, aug. There was no known failure in the actual materials of the i35w bridge many other factors played into the failure, but. I35 bridge collapse thinkreliability, case studies. Illustrations from chapter 6 of the book beyond failure. Professionalismurs and the i35 bridge wikibooks, open. M6 b75 2008 collapse of i35w highway bridge minneapolis, minnesota, august 1, 2007. Garretts book shows, in very personal ways via the stories of survivors lindsey, kim that bus driver, paula, omar, erica and others, the individuals behind the 35w bridge collapse. For example, a flood that damages bridge piers might not have caused a collapse except for a design flaw and poor maintenance. The bridge opened in 1967 and was minnesotas third busiest, carrying 140,000 vehicles daily. The busy interstate 35w bridge over the mississippi river in downtown minneapolis, minnesota, collapsed at the peak of rush hour on wednesday, august 1, 2007. If they knew the outcome, the bridge would have been empty, and the change of rule would. Ill briefly make four points from the book of job against this argument. Kimberly brown was among the survivors when the i35w bridge collapsed in minneapolis 11 years ago. Remove one of those factors and the bridge may have remained upright.
Minneapolis interstate 35w bridge collapse minnesota issues. Thirteen people were killed and 145 were injured as a result. Those include design defect, fires, boat impact and floods. The tragedy that unfolded in minneapolis on that summer day in 2007 caused a rift that reached every corner. New i35w bridge wins national design honor the new interstate 35w bridge over the mississippi river has been named a project of the year by the. My thoughts after reading a book by 35w bridge collapse. On her way to a soccer game with a fellow teammate, kimberly j. M6 i253 2008 economic impacts of the i35w bridge collapse. I35w bridge collapse bridge collapse investigation. Lessons learned from the 35w bridge collapse the current. This book is a compelling account of garrett eblings own exhausting journey of physical and emotional recovery after surviving the i35w bridge collapse.
The interstate35 west i35w bridge collapse in minneapolis, minnesota in 2007 offers. Shortly after 6 pm, the i35w bridge collapses with 111 motor vehicles on it at the time. Both the point pleasant and the minneapolis i35w bridge had three spans that all fell together. It was in the midst of mostly repaving repairs when it. This note briefly summarizes an analysis based on original design drawings, an investigation of material evidence provided by the national transportation safety board ntsb, and a fullscale load rating of the bridge superstructure. To mark the 10year anniversary of the i35w bridge collapse, city pages is reposting this story, originally published two weeks after the collapse. What is the legacy of the 35w bridge collapse on minnesota. The i35w saint anthony falls bridge subject of the may 2008 pm cover story was open to traffic months after its predecessors collapse, three months ahead of. The bridge was owned by the federal government, and was operated and maintained by the state of minnesota. The investigation into the cause of the disaster took 16 months, with the final report being published on december 19, 2008. Minnesota public radios solvejg wastvedt talked with survivors and witnesses who still hold.
The major cost of the failure was the loss of lives of people who died in the incident along. The 1,907footlong, eightlane i35w highway bridge that was constructed over the mississippi river in minneapolis, minnesota, meet a disastrous breakdown in the core span of the deck truss. I35w bridge collapse journal of bridge engineering. The eightlane interstate 35w bridge was minnesotas busiest bridge, carrying 141,000 vehicles a day. In memoir, survivor recounts i35w bridge collapse star. A helicopter moves over the scene of the bridge collapse. The 35w bridge collapse and the book of job greg boyd. Riserover is our new generation robot, and it has a novel and. The federal highway administration has deemed 11% of the roughly 600,000 bridges in the united states as structurally deficient.
It had a catastrophic failure during the evening rush hour on. Considered one of the worst 10 bridge collapse events in u. The i35w mississippi river bridge was an eightlane, steel truss arch bridge. New 35w bridge memorial honors those who died and the. These photos represent precollapse and postcollapse views of the area where the ntsb is focusing their investigation efforts.
Minneapolis i35w bridge collapse failure case studies. Ive been pleasantly surprised at the amount of blog activity this has generated. Brown experienced the collapse of the 35w bridge firsthand, falling 114 feet in her teammates car to the mississippi river. It was also fracture critical, which means bridges at risk of. Those are just a sample of the calls that flooded my phone lines in the first twentyfour hours after the 35w bridge collapse in minneapolis. Mead cars in the mississippi river after the interstate 35w bridge collapsed wednesday, aug.
Timeline internet resources articles books and reports. Greg boyd has responded to john pipers reflections on the collapsed bridge in minneapolis, minnesota. Hence this blogger concludes that god, not satan, was the ultimate cause of jobs sufferings. Remembering the i35w bridge collapse 10 years later. View of the collapsed i35w bridge bridge 9340 on august 1, 2007. The i35w bridge in minneapolis was given a score of 50. Out of those 104,348 hightraffic bridges, only 4,227, or 4 percent, scored below 50.
Finding more causes of those fatalities may allow us to solve the issues that caused them. On the fourth anniversary of the bridge collapse, officials unveiled a memorial that features ibeams in tribute to those who died and a granite wall honoring the 171 survivors. Economic impacts of the i35w bridge collapse he i35w mississippi river bridge provided direct access to downtown minneapolis, the university of minnesota, area businesses and north suburban destinations for more than 140,000 vehicles each day. After summarizing what piper wrote which was discussed extensively on this blog, boyd writes this about piper. That enables the reader to connect in a world where disasters are often lumped into numbers and places and quickly forgotten when the next disaster occurs. On one particular blog a person argues that my view is inconsistent with the book of job.
As of summer 2008, the cause of the i35w bridge collapse remains under investigation, and the final reports have yet to be written. The minnesota bridge collapse, 5 years later st anthony. Brown weaves in tales about her quest to learn the real reason the bridge fell. The 35w bridge collapse how a broken bridge brought us home. In fact, the minneapolis bridge was completed just a few months before the point pleasant bridge failure. The photo below was taken about 3 weeks after the disaster. The i35w bridge was one of minnesotas busiest, carrying 140,000 cars a day over the mississippi river. It turns out that his concern is an understatement. Its been 10 years since a bridge carrying interstate 35 west over the mississippi river in downtown minneapolis collapsed, killing people and injuring 145 more. Construction of the bridge began in 1964 by hurcon inc. Listen remembering the 35w bridge collapse an aerial view shows the collapsed i35w bridge aug. In the five years since the accident, the bridge has been rebuilt, most of the lawsuits. As we go through this list of 10 reasons why bridges collapse, keep in mind that most bridge collapses are the result of multiple factors.
There are many different causes for a bridge collapse. I respect this pastor as a man of god, but this teaching honestly concerns me. Over the years, the minnesota historical society has documented this disaster in its collections, including acquiring several postcollapse pieces of the bridge. Miami ap the latest on the deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge at florida international university all times local. The 35w bridge had been rated structurally deficient, a term that means in need of repair or replacement, before it fell.
The 179 settlements in the 2007 35w bridge collapse have been officially accepted and the amounts for each victim have been released. After the collapse, the bridge was lodged in the river where, under minnesota statute, the hennepin county. The collapse of the i35w mississippi river bridge victims of the dark no one knew what the outcome would be on the 1st august 2007 at 6. Root cause analysis solutions for the i35 bridge collapse.
He provides a wellwritten, insightful narrative that exposes the human toll of this tragedy and demonstrates the resiliency of the human spirit and the difficult struggles that continue for. With a solid, creative cause mapping facilitation, the organizations involved could collect an incredibly high number of potential solutions. The eightlane bridge was minnesotas third busiest, carrying 140,000 people a day. A new book examines the i35w bridge collapse, 11 years later.
Our hearts continue to go out to the victims, families and others affected by the collapse. Jim schwebel files suit on behalf of four of the victims of the 35w bridge collapse nov 14, 2008 collapse victims accuse 2 private firms of failing to do their jobs. Pdf the design details of the i35w mississippi river bridge, major bridge failures, and its. Federal regulators said support plates that were about half as thick as they should have been were the likely cause of the august 1, 2007, bridge collapse in minnesota that killed people and. Rybaks office said monday that no public event is planned for this aug. Pdf i35w mississippi river bridge failure is it a wake up call.
The fall in his truck caused compression fractures in his vertebrae and. Collapsed a survivors climb from the wreckage of the i. Learn more about the common cause of a bridge collapse. On my august 9th blog, i argued that theres no reason to suppose that god was involved in the collapse of the 35 w bridge. The day a bridge collapsed in minneapolis and lives. The i35w bridge over the mississippi river in minneapolis, minnesota, collapsed suddenly on august 1, 2007.
At that point, five people were confirmed dead and 8 others missing. And so, by implication, god, not satan, was the ultimate cause of the 35 w bridge collapse. Our friends and family felt they had good cause to worry. Police have identified the six people who died when a pedestrian bridge crumbled thursday west of downtown miami, florida.
Sathers, who lost husband scott sathers in the i35w bridge collapse. Request pdf i35w bridge collapse the i35w bridge over the mississippi. Mnhs remembers 35w bridge collapse in collections and new. And the national transportation safety board determined that it was a design flaw, and not deferred maintenance, neglect, or other problems, that caused the 35w bridge to collapse. The photo above is the i35w bridge taken in november of 2006, about 8 months before the collapse. Executive summary this report presents a thorough research on i35 bridge collapse in minneapolis in 2007. Minneapolis interstate 35w bridge collapse minnesota. As of summer 2008, the cause of the i35w bridge collapse remains under. The i35w mississippi river bridge officially known as bridge 9340 was an eightlane, steel truss arch bridge that carried interstate 35w across the saint anthony falls of the mississippi river in minneapolis, minnesota, united states.
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