Comments on: List of Deficient or Obsolete Bridges

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:37:11 +0000

Here’s a Quicktime VR pano of the I-35W bridge and the surrounding metro area:
http://www.bigeyeinthesky.com/ViewQTVR.asp?PID=928&CID=Featured

A friend of my step-brother drove under it just before it collapsed. Saw it come down in his rear-view mirror.

roclar — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:40:49 +0000

Here are the Wikipedia entries for these bridges:

Apparently the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge scored a 4 out of 100 or an F in safety. Good stuff… At least they replaced it before it fell down.

ndpants — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:15:35 +0000

This one into Charleston SC always used to freak me out:
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge

They replaced it and possibly its brother in 2005 with this puppy:
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge