According to what I read, the bridge was getting what they termed "minor resurfacing" when the collapse started, some of the workers reported "riding the bridge down"...rescue has turned to recovery, cars are known to be under chunks of concrete, which always must be moved very carefully (esp. when dealing with the mighty Mississippi), & some 30 souls are unaccounted for...

Was watching a program the other night about 2 earlier bridge collapses, & one of the sad things is that in the US it seems most of our infrastucture is deteriorating at a rate we don't wanna think about while driving around...

A personal note, the son (same age as my #1 & a frequent playmate of same way back when) of an old friend of ours lives in the Twin Cities area, & was about .5 mile from the bridge when it went down...he heard it collapse...

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