# I-35W Minneapolis bridge collapses **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 1, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521 "2007-08-01T18:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/21 "2007-08-02T05:52:34Z")
wow amazing that more people didn’t get hurt than did. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/22 "2007-08-02T06:13:03Z")
insane ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/23 "2007-08-02T06:20:45Z")
Saw that on the news this morning. That is pretty scary. From what they said, 2 years ago the bridge was analyzed and it was determined to be below the standards for maintenance or something from what I heard. ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/24 "2007-08-02T06:45:29Z")
And the Civil Engineer that assessed that should be given a promotion, and the person that denied maintenance should be taken out and publically stoned in the center of town. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/25 "2007-08-02T07:43:35Z")
> [@The baby blue shark hood neon tried chasing me down...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-baby-blue-shark-hood-neon-tried-chasing-me-down/30686/967): > > I hadn’t heard that they found the cause of the collapse already. (i’m being sarcastic… and defensive… :)) > > But yeah, you almost kind of hope that it was something like that and not something that was done by a terrorist. I just love how on the news the army corps said it was a structural failure…well no kidding it was a structural failure.:doh: ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/26 "2007-08-02T08:00:02Z")
> [@DWI or Get Fucked in the Ass (Black Cop)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dwi-or-get-fucked-in-the-ass-black-cop/31682/10): > > And the Civil Engineer that assessed that should be given a promotion, and the person that denied maintenance should be taken out and publically stoned in the center of town. x2 And how many bridges in PA have been given the same failing assessment? ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/27 "2007-08-02T08:23:28Z")
I saw a few over I-70 collapse…main over I-70/79 interchange in washpaw and that old one near Kammerer @ the covered bridge crumbled too. I bet they were assessed just fine…:down: ---
**Author:** ![thebaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@thebaron](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thebaron)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/28 "2007-08-02T08:45:43Z")
> [@The baby blue shark hood neon tried chasing me down...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-baby-blue-shark-hood-neon-tried-chasing-me-down/30686/973): > > I saw a few over I-70 collapse…main over I-70/79 interchange in washpaw and that old one near Kammerer @ the covered bridge crumbled too. > > I bet they were assessed just fine…:down: A couple of those bridges were seriously damage by moronic truck drivers who can’t read the height sign!:eek4dance ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/29 "2007-08-02T12:01:42Z")
> [@airbag explosions (outside of cars)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbag-explosions-outside-of-cars/35695/4): > > A couple of those bridges were seriously damage by moronic truck drivers who can’t read the height sign!:eek4dance word on the street I have heard not to long ago was the I70 bridges in smithton and belle vernon both failed their assessment ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/30 "2007-08-02T13:24:43Z")
If Smithton Hole gets a visit from me, let it be by taking the proper road down to the track and not by bridge collapse! :down: ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/31 "2007-08-02T15:24:01Z")
> [@airbag explosions (outside of cars)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbag-explosions-outside-of-cars/35695/4): > > A couple of those bridges were seriously damage by moronic truck drivers who can’t read the height sign!:eek4dance The one right before i79 south got replaced by a bridge that has like almost 4 stories of clearence if not more. Man that fucked up traffic when they were brigning int he gerters. I am really surprised the HighLevel never fell apart, that bridge had more rust on it then a late 80s Honda. ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/32 "2007-08-02T16:00:59Z")
> [@FELLOW NYSPEEDERS QUESTION SEXUALITY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fellow-nyspeeders-question-sexuality/31672/26): > > I am really surprised the HighLevel never fell apart, that bridge had more rust on it then a late 80s Honda. LOL!!! ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/33 "2007-08-02T18:55:50Z")
> [@FELLOW NYSPEEDERS QUESTION SEXUALITY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fellow-nyspeeders-question-sexuality/31672/26): > > I am really surprised the HighLevel never fell apart, that bridge had more rust on it then a late 80s Honda. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/34 "2007-08-03T21:34:12Z")
> [@Get a good crain operator for your boat...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-a-good-crain-operator-for-your-boat/31668/20): > > word on the street I have heard not to long ago was the I70 bridges in smithton and belle vernon both failed their assessment Not suprised. There are a lot of bridges out there that don’t have great assessments unless they are brand new. Pittsburgh will be SOL if they start writing cities up for failed assessments. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/35 "2007-08-04T04:57:53Z")
I worked in the bridge department at PennDOT one summer and some of the pictures in the reports were disturbing. Especially the Panther Hollow bridge. That was a long time ago though and work has been done since then, but it made me want to avoid that bridge! ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/36 "2007-08-04T07:07:11Z")
It would have sucked if I was walking over that bridge to get drunk at the ol’ Panter Hollow Inn and got a 100 foot drop to my death instead. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/37 "2007-08-04T14:07:13Z")
holy shit > **[Deficient major bridges in Pennsylvania](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20099121)** > > The following Pennsylvania bridges carry at least 10,000 vehicles a day and have been rated as either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete by inspectors, according to an MSNBC.com analysis of the National Bridge Inventory. ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/38 "2007-08-04T14:20:39Z")
> [@one of my photos is getting used for a DVD cover](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-my-photos-is-getting-used-for-a-dvd-cover/31718/24): > > holy shit > > [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20099121#ALLEGHENY](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20099121#ALLEGHENY) :eek4dance Even the 'Oak has some f-ed bridges :bowrofl: ---
**Author:** ![kilmer420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kilmer420](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kilmer420)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/39 "2007-08-04T14:34:46Z")
I hope these aren’t being heavily used: D 33.0 ALLEGHENY PA TURNPIKE(I-76)WB-400 WEST OF WARRENDALE D 28.5 ALLEGHENY I-79 NB-SB MT NEBO INTERCHANGE D 34.8 ALLEGHENY GIRTYS RUN NEAR SHALER-ROSS TWP LINE D 21.0 8 ALLEGHENY PINE CREEK 600’SOUTH OF DUNCAN AVE. D 2.0 PITTSBURGH ALLEGHENY FORBES AVE LR 120 OVER FORBES AVE D 13.9 88 PITTSBURGH ALLEGHENY SAW MILL RUN PITTSBURGH @ 51&88 D 17.0 376 MONROEVILLE (CORP. NAME MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE) ALLEGHENY OLD WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY OVER OLD WM.PENN HIGHWAY O 24.1 51 MCKEES ROCKS ALLEGHENY CHARTIERS CREEK PGH-MCKEES ROCKS LINE ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521/40 "2007-08-05T07:33:35Z")
It would be nice if they broke down the rankings for each of the factors. “Essentiality for public use” doesn’t sound like a safety measure. “Sufficiency rating is a value obtained by calculating four separate factors (structural adequacy and safety, serviceability and functional obsolescence, essentiality for public use, and special reductions) that is indicative of a bridge’s sufficiency to remain in service.” [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-35w-minneapolis-bridge-collapses/191521.md?page=3)