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I-35W bridge was doomed from the start

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:25 am

by themanintheseersuckersuit

Original designers of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis likely neglected to calculate the size of key gusset plates that eventually failed, a human mistake that culminated 40 years later when 13 people died after the span collapsed, federal safety investigators have found.