[Alumni-chat] Re: bridge collapse in Miinneapolis

[ilse moon]

Still off topic.  This is an eerie reminder of our bay area bridge collapse 
in 1980.  One report is at 
http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/bridges/skyway.htm  Thirty five 
people were killed, it took ages for the beautiful replacement bridge to be 
completed and most of us think about the collapse every we travel over this 
connection from the Sarasota area to the Tampa airport.
Ilse Moon '53


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> In a message dated 8/2/2007 12:25:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> sjr5 at nyu.edu writes:
>
> Sorry  for off-topic, but I hope those of you in Minneapolis/Minnesota 
> didn't
> have  any family or friends caught in that bridge collapse.
>
>
>
>
> No, I watched it on TV just as everyone else has done.  Bridge is  located
> about a mile from my home, and is a major piece of infrastructure.   This 
> is a
> totally fascinating story -- not so much because of what has been the 
> focus of
> the TV reports, but because of major differences in the political 
> philosophy
> regarding Government responsibility for transportation.  Just  two months 
> ago
> the Governor zeroed out all the Transit projects in the  Legislature's 
> major
> transit plan (both rebuilding highways and bridges, and  speeding up the 
> build
> out of a Light Rail system),  The Republicans are  against transit as a
> public asset, but transit polls highest among voter  concerns, and last 
> November
> was a major factor in the DFL regaining strong  control in the Minnesota
> Legislature.  Minnesota Public Radio has already  broadcast a seminar with 
> civil
> engineers regarding how to rebuild.  It is  going to be fascinating if you 
> know
> the players and the history of all  this.
>
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