AM 1240 WJON » 35W bridge collapse http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bridge Collapse Survivors Request Mementos http://wjon.com/bridge-collapse-survivors-request-mementos/ http://wjon.com/bridge-collapse-survivors-request-mementos/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:31:39 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=165401 Survivors of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis may be able to keep a piece of scrap steel as a reminder of the historic event. About 25 to 30 survivors of the 2007 collapse have asked the state for the mementos now that the legal issues have been resolved.

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]]> http://wjon.com/bridge-collapse-survivors-request-mementos/feed/ 0 Getty Images Minn. Settles Last 35W Bridge Case — Update http://wjon.com/minn-settles-last-35w-bridge-case-update/ http://wjon.com/minn-settles-last-35w-bridge-case-update/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:49:06 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=147986 Minnesota's legal battle over the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge has ended with an $8.9 million settlement involving a California design firm.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minn-settles-last-35w-bridge-case-update/feed/ 0 Getty Images Dayton Orders Flags Lowered On I-35 Anniversary http://wjon.com/dayton-orders-flags-lowered-on-i-35-anniversary/ http://wjon.com/dayton-orders-flags-lowered-on-i-35-anniversary/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:57:33 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=121829 From sunrise to sunset Wednesday, U.S. and Minnesota flags will fly at half-staff at government buildings to mark the fifth anniversary of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse.

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]]> http://wjon.com/dayton-orders-flags-lowered-on-i-35-anniversary/feed/ 0 uhura1701, Flickr 35W Bridge Collapse Artifacts Stay Out of Sight http://wjon.com/35w-bridge-collapse-artifacts-stay-out-of-sight/ http://wjon.com/35w-bridge-collapse-artifacts-stay-out-of-sight/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:59:35 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=121773 To remember the collapse of a busy highway bridge, Minnesota historians have preserved a battered school bus door, an emergency worker's shirt and an Interstate 35W sign.

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]]> http://wjon.com/35w-bridge-collapse-artifacts-stay-out-of-sight/feed/ 0 Getty Images Minneapolis Dedicating Memorial To Bridge Victims http://wjon.com/minneapolis-dedicating-memorial-to-bridge-victims/ http://wjon.com/minneapolis-dedicating-memorial-to-bridge-victims/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:20:18 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=24295 Minneapolis marks the fourth anniversary of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse by dedicating a memorial honoring the lives lost and the survivors. A public ceremony at 5:10 p.m. Monday will dedicate the Remembrance Garden across the street from Gold Medal Park.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minneapolis-dedicating-memorial-to-bridge-victims/feed/ 0 Image Courtesy of Memorial Architects Memorial To 35W Bridge Victims Starts Taking Shape http://wjon.com/memorial-to-35w-bridge-victims-starts-taking-shape/ http://wjon.com/memorial-to-35w-bridge-victims-starts-taking-shape/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 11:45:47 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=15041 The memorial to victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is starting to take shape at a Minneapolis park along the Mississippi River. Mayor R.T. Rybak and the architect of the so-called Remembrance Garden planned to showcase the construction Thursday.

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