It was one of those surreal moments when I first saw the breaking news from Minneapolis last evening of the I-35 W. bridge collapse.
\nIt’s so close to home and a structure most of us have been over hundreds of times.
\nKnowing how busy that highway is, especially at rush hour, my first thought was how many people must have been on the bridge at the time and wondering how many died.
\nThe next thoughts were how could such a thing happen and could it possibly be terrorism?
\nInvestigators are looking to answer those questions but apparently have pretty much ruled out sabotage.
\nThis may sound terrible, but I almost wish it was.
\nThen we’d have somebody to blame for this terrible tragedy. We could focus our rage.
\nInstead, I fear, we may not know the cause for weeks..or months..or maybe never.
\nPeople are already wondering how a bridge that has passed regular inspections could just fall down. Does this mean every interstate overpass in the country is now suspect?
\nHow long will it take to inspect them all?
\nWhat good are inspections if the bridge that now lies in the Mississippi River, got a clean bill of health just last year?
\nI foresee a lot of bridges being torn down and replaced simply because they’re over 30 years old and we apparently can no longer be certain about whether or not they’ve dangerously deteriorated..and we can’t take any chances.
\nOf course I’d rather be safe than sorry but I can just imagine how this tragic incident is going to affect the already congested flow of traffic not only in the Twin Cities but anywhere interstate bridges exist.
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