| Most viewed - 35W Bridge Collapse |
Collapsed section615 viewsTaken from the 10th Avenue Bridge.
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Collapse from 10th Avenue Bridge351 viewsBuckled sections of roadway and collapsed truss section.
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Collapse from 10th Avenue Bridge341 viewsAs noted in the introduction, much of the concrete decking had been stripped from the bridge members by this point, a month after the collapse.
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Bohemian Flats309 viewsThis is the area known as "Bohemian Flats", south of the collapsed bridge, where they are laying out removed bridge components for further study. This was taken from Bridge #9. In the background is the U of MN campus, and the Washington Avenue bridge.
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Debris215 viewsCrumbled bridge decking, construction barrels, and a sign that lets us know that this used to be "I-35W South Milepost 18.6"
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Barges198 viewsSome of the barges which are working on the debris removal.
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Onlookers on Stone Arch Bridge175 viewsThe mood was somber, and several flags were put up as a memorial.
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Collapsed Section from the 10th Avenue Bridge173 viewsIn the background, the lower lock, and further back, the Stone Arch Bridge where the first few pictures in this album were taken.
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Collapse from 10th Avenue Bridge171 viewsA zoomed-in version of the previous picture.
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Collapsed section170 viewsThis section, which landed in the water at an angle, still has its concrete decking, as well as some construction cones (the bridge was being worked on during the collapse). Taken from the 10th Avenue Bridge
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Collapse from 10th Avenue Bridge160 viewsThis was one of our first glimpses as we started walking along the 10th Avenue Bridge the day after it re-opened. The 10th Avenue Bridge was just a block or two from the 35W bridge, so the details of the collapse were much more clear.
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Collapse from Stone Arch Bridge160 viewsIf you enlarge the picture, you can see some of the green structural members jutting upward, as well as some of the concrete decking in the river underneath and the lock/dam structure. In the background is the 10th Avenue Bridge, where most of the later pictures in this album were taken (it was closed at the time we took the ones on the Stone Arch Bridge).
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