You may have heard back on August 1st of 2007 about the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis collapsing suddenly killing 13 and injuring many more.
I used to cross that bridge daily, going to and from work. The collapse left a lasting scar on the public psyche and it's confidence in what was a routine event - crossing a bridge. My oldest son is a Minneapolis police officer and spent many long days protecting the public from its own curiousity.
This last Thursday, just over a year after the bridge fell, a new state-of-the-art bridge has been raised in place of the old and is now carrying traffic across the river. The bridge opened with much fanfare at 5 AM and dignitaries and highway maintenance vehicles led two streams of vehicles across the new span - one from the south and one from the north.
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