Updated Photos: Minneapolis' I-35W Bridge Demolition
Demolition is well along on what’s left of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, MN. Reader Paul Brandt, a soils scientist working on a job nearby, went up and shot these photos the morning of Thursday, Sept. 13 as the bridge debris is being cut up and carted away. View Gallery
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