I-35W Bridge Was Doomed From The Start

The article I-35W bridge was doomed from the start written by Tony Kennedy from the Star Tribune investigates the collapse of the 35W bridge. Federal investigators revisited the cause of the bridge collapse. They found that the designers of the bridge, 40 years ago, "neglected to calculate the size of key gusset plates that eventually failed. As we know, 40 years later, this would lead to a bridge needing to be rebuilt and the loss of 13 lives. If the plates had be one and a half inch thick rather than only one inch thick, it is likely that the bridge would have been able to withstand the concrete from renovations and the nearly 287 ton truck that drove over it earlier that day.