In Minneapolis collapsed bridge over the Mississippi River (25 photos) Bashny.Net

August 1 at 18:10 local time in Minneapolis collapsed bridge over the Mississippi River. According to preliminary data were killed 9 people, 20 are considered missing. The river had about 50 cars. Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that the school bus, which was traveling at the time on the bridge, there were 60 children, some of them wounded. The bridge, built in 1967, repairs were carried out. The length of the structure was 160 meters, the height above the water - about 20 meters. On the day the bridge served to 200 ths. Cars.