Tragedy in the Twin Cities Minneapolis 35W Bridge Collapse. Nine people are confirmed dead and 60 injured in the collapse of the I-35 bridge across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
According to a 2005 Highway Administration report, more than 75,000 of the nation's roughly 600,000 bridges -- 13.1 percent -- were rated "structurally deficient," meaning some components of the bridges' decks or support structures were rated poor or worse.
