I35W St Anthony Falls

Old Bridge

10th Avenue Bridge Minneapolis, MN

I35W St Anthony Falls

Old Bridge

• Collapse• Search Rescue• Recovery

93 people were rescued from the collapsed bridge.

Fractured Gusset Plate the bridge's design specified steel gusset plates that were undersized and inadequate to support the intended load of the bridge

Bent gusset plates on the I-35W bridge 2003 inspection photoNational Transportation Safety Board

The new bridge has

•world’s largest anti-icing system•smart bridge technology, including 323 sensors that will generate a record of how the bridge manages the stresses of traffic •100-year life span •10 lanes of traffic, five in each direction—two lanes wider than the former bridge •13-foot wide right shoulders and 14-foot wide left shoulders, the previous bridge had no shoulders•Light rail transit-ready to help accommodate future transportation needs •Designed to be aesthetically pleasing and fit in with the surrounding environment

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