Read more bridge collapse stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7632/bridge-collapse.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45826/atlanta-footbridge-collapse-kills-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn elevated walkway under construction at Atlanta’s Botanical Garden collapsed today, killing a worker and injuring 18, the Journal-Constitution reports. Workers were pouring concrete for the 40-foot-high footbridge when the collapse set off a scene one EMT described as "sheer chaos." Those nearby described a “loud thud” that “lasted for...http://www.newser.com/story/45826/atlanta-footbridge-collapse-kills-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Dec 2008 13:22:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37781/minneapolis-greets-new-bridge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFestive honks awoke Minneapolis today as first responders to last year's bridge collapse led a procession over its newly-minted replacement. Drivers waved and passengers snapped photos as they rode over the 10-lane interstate at a creeping 10mph. Traffic was backed up for a mile after the bridge opened at 5am...http://www.newser.com/story/37781/minneapolis-greets-new-bridge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Sep 2008 12:09:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26365/minn-bridge-victims-strike-38m-compensation-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota will establish two funds totaling $38 million to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people last summer, the Star Tribune reports. One pool allows victims up to $400,000 each; the other provides those "extraordinarily impacted" by the collapse with extra funds for medical bills...http://www.newser.com/story/26365/minn-bridge-victims-strike-38m-compensation-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 May 2008 13:19:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16441/bridge-had-fatal-design-flaw.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Minneapolis bridge that failed last summer, killing 13 people, had fatal design flaws, the NTSB announced today. Steel gusset plates that held together beams on the eight-lane bridge were half the thickness they should have been, investigators found. While the agency didn't say the gusset plates caused the collapse,...http://www.newser.com/story/16441/bridge-had-fatal-design-flaw.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jan 2008 11:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14909/nepal-bridge-fails-200-missing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNepalese rescuers were searching into the night for about 200 people who plummeted into a swirling river when a suspension bridge collapsed. Another 15 bodies have been recovered, and 32 were taken to nearby hospitals. Up to 1,000 Hindu pilgrims were on the bridge when it failed in a...http://www.newser.com/story/14909/nepal-bridge-fails-200-missing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Dec 2007 13:04:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/8252/vietnam-bridge-collapse-kills-60.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs many as 60 workers were killed today when a bridge under construction in the southern Vietnamese city of Can Tho collapsed, Reuters reports. Chinese and Japanese contractors were working on the bridge over the Hau river; Vietnamese TV reported that rain might have softened the bridge's foundations, though no...http://www.newser.com/story/8252/vietnam-bridge-collapse-kills-60.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Sep 2007 12:05:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6192/final-bridge-victim-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe body of the 13th victim and last person missing since the Minneapolis bridge collapse nearly three weeks ago has been recovered, AP reports. Gregory Jolstad, 45, was a member of the 18-person construction crew working on the doomed structure when it plunged into the Mississippi river. The other 17...http://www.newser.com/story/6192/final-bridge-victim-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Aug 2007 2:33:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5822/bridge-collapse-kills-22-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bridge under construction in Hunan Province collapsed yesterday, killing 22 people and leaving 44 missing. Workers were removing scaffolding from the 880-foot-long span when it crumbled into the Tuo River. Located in the ancient city of Fenghuang and designed as a tourist attraction, the bridge had four decorative stone...http://www.newser.com/story/5822/bridge-collapse-kills-22-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Aug 2007 7:06:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5797/sensors-could-stop-the-next-bridge-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew technology can diagnose bridge stress months before human investigators—currently armed with binoculars— could ever detect them. BusinessWeek compares the small wireless sensors to stethoscopes, as they’re capable of gauging vibration, temperature and corrosion beneath the paint. Testers ride trucks over the sensors and monitor signals, listening for the...http://www.newser.com/story/5797/sensors-could-stop-the-next-bridge-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Aug 2007 17:43:08 CDT