I-35W Mississippi River bridge

This report mainly presents causes and consequences that resulted in the structural failure of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge which was constructed since 1964 and the further implication for me. It was found that the bridge collapsed due to undersized gusset plates, inefficient maintenance project and overloaded equipments. As a result of the abrupt collapse that brought about 13 dead and 145 injurers, the state government carried out a series of effective rescue, forced the designing company

I-35 W Bridge Failure and Reconstruction Introduction: The I-35W Mississippi river bridge also known as Bridge 9340 officially was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge which carried the Interstate 35W across the Mississippi river connected the downtown east and Marcy-Holmes. Its construction began in the year 1964, was finally opened in 1967. It connected the northeast of Metrodome on its south end and the University of Minnesota on the North end. The bridge was the boundary of “Mississippi Mile”

The I-35W Bridge, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a bridge that opened in November of 1967 and was designed by Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates, Inc. The bridge had a truss arch design that spanned a total distance across the Mississippi River of 1907 feet. Also, the bridge was a deck truss which means the roadway was located on top of the truss itself. With a total of 4 piers, 2 on either side of the Mississippi River, that supported the bridge, the I-35W Bridge crossed the Mississippi River

August 1, 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnesota of the I-35W bridge collapse pointed out a perfect example of why behaving ethically is an important factor in our society. After this tragic accident on the Mississippi Bridge, it proved that without the commitment that we put in certain features, negative outcomes are most likely to occur. At 6 p.m. on Wednesday of August 1, 2007, the Mississippi Bridge that carried a total of 111 vehicles across the river and occupied construction zone collapsed, killing

SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To Inform my audience of the issue so that they are aware of its human impact, how America’s own actions caused the problem and what we, as citizens, can do to help fix our roadways. INTRODUCTION I. ATTENTION GAINER: “On TV I watched as the bridge collapses. Minnesota. Rush hour. Trucks and cars suspended over water. Cars swaying and falling… imagine what those people felt, … when everything they knew, everything they believed they could trust, crashed and broke beneath

Phil 251 Professor Wilson 15 January 2013 Maccabiah Bridge Collapse Recap The Maccabiah bridge collapse occurred on July 14, 1997. This tragedy happened in Israel. It took place in the town of Aviv. The bridge collapsed over a large river called the Yarkon River. The bridge was constructed primarily of wood material. Also, some of the bridge was assembled of rusty metal pipes that were tied together with wire. The bridge was designed for the Maccabiah Games. The Maccabiah Games

On August 7, 2007 a 1000 foot section of the Interstate 35 Bridge that crosses over the Mississippi River collapsed just after 6 pm killing 13 and injuring 145 others (NTSB report, November 14, 2008). At the time of the collapse there were a total of 111 vehicles of various types (cars, trucks, and buses) that were carrying over 160 passengers. There were multiple hazards that occurred as a result of the collapse and they range from vehicle fires to hazardous materials releases to deaths and injuries

Introduction The I-35 bridge was fully constructed and opened on November 1967 in West Mississippi. According to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) the dimension of the bridge is: length is 1907 ft and the maximum length span is 458 ft.The width 8 traffic lanes and 108 ft and the height is 64 ft above water. This steel arch deck truss collapse in August 1st, 2007. Due to some structural failures. This failure will be analyzed in the lines below. When and Where On the first evening of August

reason for why the interstate 35W bridge would collapse into the Mississippi River was because there was a mistake in the bridge’s design. The reason was that there were few metal plates were too thin to be a junction of the bridge. So, these weak junctions caused the collapsed of the 35W bridge and let to 13 people killed during this accident. The Interstate 35W bridge had been existed for over 40 years after it was constructed in 1960s. After a long period of time, the bridge began to have weak points

Ardent Global Marine Services in Houston. They have a request to remove some pylons and fenders from the Historic Tappan Zee bridge in New York. We hosted a lunch and learn with Andrew Barren the Project Manager shortly after the call. During the meeting we discovered that the bridge footer is comprised of a tank with nearly 40 36” concrete filled pylons driven into the river bed. We proposed a solution that we derived for the Repsol YME project that would use fabricated courser rails that would host