OMG The University Ave. Bridge Collapsed! READ THIS

As some of you may have heard, the University Ave. Bridge collapsed here today at about 5PM... it's been on national news since. Coming from a guy who lives there let me tell you... this is crazy!!!... For those not familliar with the area the University Ave bridge is one of the MAJOR connecting bridges between the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul)over the Mississippi River and a major way of travelling to the U of M as well. 5PM is generally rush hour here and the bridge was packed bumper to bumper with traffic when the bridge collapsed... there are still many cars in the river and they are investigating into the causes... Please Send them some good thoughts they could use it...

who wierd i just read this story just 30 sec ago

so lots of people died?

it's not reported yet the total... theyve said they found 4 people dead... and they've recovered some injured people... they're still recovering people... and to make matters worse there are large thunderstorms on the way...

I lived in Grand Forks 5 years and I used to go to Minneapolis all the time and I've been on that bridge. Crazy stuff.

It's up to 7 people now, I've been on that bridge about a hundred times. I hope no one that I know personally is on there, I'm praying for everyone in Minneapolis and the surrounding burbs though.

ya man crazy i used to live right near there, my dad stil does

wow, my heart goes out to all fellow scandanavians

I guess recently they added more lanes to the bridge but no more support. That might be the cause of it.

Well no one died, and I've driven over that bridge before many a times.... going into dinky town scary!

no one died? it says 7 people are confirmed dead.

Yeah, people are definitely dead there.

My deepest condolences for all those who were killed in this tragedy, and to the victimsâ?? loved ones. Kudos to all the brave men and women who came to aid the victims, and to all the medical staff who are ensuring that the injured can heal.

sad story

Really sad story. R.I.P

7 dead 64 injured so far... im sure they will find more in the morning theyve been recoveribg people all night

Yeah im watching this on the news right now....thats pretty awful:(

Last night they were saying at least 9 dead. This morning they say 4 dead. There are now Zombies in Minneapolis. Rebgirl we need your help :hippy:

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Originally Posted by greatmuta

Last night they were saying at least 9 dead. This morning they say 4 dead. There are now Zombies in Minneapolis. Rebgirl we need your help :hippy:

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Not really the time to be cracking jokes about this I think.

It's sad that this has happened, I hope they find no more dead. Good luck to anyone who is involved in this tragedy.

sorry it wasn't me it was a stupid friend with no common sense. how do you delete or edit posts? delete post # 17 please

aside from the unfortunate fatalities, it screws a city over when a bridge gets closed for what ever reason. Where I live I'm surrounded by the Passaic river and if something happens to a bridge ya gotta take day trips to get places :( Even down the street something happened with a water main blowing up or some shit and it somehow fucked up a bridge and cut the town in half... My friend lived right on the other side of the bridge and to walk to the next block he had to take a car detour while walking to get there..

babbling.. lol

Just saw it on the news a couple hours ago, never good to hear about something like that. From looking at the pictures and footage I bet some people thought terrorists, personally it reminded me of LA '94. Not good news.

from what i heard, they search team expects to find atleast 20 more dead today...

and some people thought i was crazy for being scared of bridges.. i mean really... alot of them are older then dirt... and they're huge ass structures, ther'es always a chance they could just crumble for no reason other then wear/tear...

R.I.P, that shits sad...

i wonder what people were thinking as it was happening (as in the ones on the bridge)

that has got to be a total mindfuck... what could you possibly think at a time like that?

Its going to be a long week over their all of you who can help I encourage you too, I am stuck here and am a diver but like I said im stuck here.

This is such a sad story. I watched it on the news last night in disbelief. It has affected so many people. Not just the ones one the bridge, but the families of those victims. I couldn't imagine being involved in that. I would've probably had a heart attack. It just reminds you that life can change in a split second. It's scary...it could've been any of us.

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i wonder what people were thinking as it was happening (as in the ones on the bridge)

that has got to be a total mindfuck... what could you possibly think at a time like that?

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many around the areas said they thought a bomb had gone off, a plane had crashed, or an earthquake... im sure it was comparable to all three

i'm watching the coverage on cnn but thier count is wrong it says only 4... they found at least 7 last night, local news confirmed it. i've been waiting to hear an updated count from local news but they havent released it yet... maybe at 5, but i gotta go to work so i'll see it on the 9.

they dont really want people down there helping right now, they blocked traffic for 3 miles on both sides of the highway... there is a bridge parallel to the 35W bridge a few blocks down.. we're going to drive over that bridge and see it this weekend... i will try to get pictures

well they're expecting like, almost defaintely to find 20-30 more today....


this is pretty fucked up =/