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Posted By: Mike

My 22 year old son works downtown Mpls. at a stock brokerage and takes this bridge every night on the way home. Luckily he decided to go South tonight to meet some friends. Otherwise he would have been near the collapse. (six blocks away .) He was just turning to go South instead of North, and saw a large puff of smoke. he called me on his cell phone to tell me the bridge fell. he was freaked out.....I have taken that bridge thousands of times. A massive amount of money was thrown down the toilet a few years ago, when they built a very silly trolly car (train) that runs across town, and really goes nowhere. They only people that take it are homeless, and indigant. Money was diverted for that project, leaving many things like bridge inspections, and road inprovements on the shelf. Billions were wasted. Putting needed road repairs and bridge inspections on the back burner. Only here....watch the local tap dancing begin !!