Emergency crews work to rescue survivors after the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed in Minneapolis during evening rush hour on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.

MINNEAPOLIS — Two crucial gusset plate connections on the Interstate 35W bridge were visibly deformed at least four years before the structure collapsed, according to photographs newly released ...

Lying on both banks of the Mississippi River, Minneapolis has a plethora of bridges that carry a couple of hundreds of thousands of vehicles every day. One of them was the notorious I-35W ...

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak revealed a new plan for the Interstate 35W bridge collapse on Thursday. The new proposal includes 13 beams with the names of victims and a wall with writing behind flowing ...

It's been more than 16 years since the 35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis. Just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2007, one of the busiest bridges in the state collapsed during the evening commute.

Upward view from below of the I-35W bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 11, 2011. The original 35W bridge collapsed in 2007.

After Aug. 1, 2007, you don’t need to say much else, except "the bridge" when you reference the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed, killing 13 people.

WASHINGTON -- Steel plates connecting beams in the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis were too thin by half and fractured, "the critical factor" in the collapse that killed 13 people and injured ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis is set to open sometime next week. The bridge replaces the I-35W span that collapsed Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13.

The Key Bridge had about 22% of the daily traffic of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge; however, the Minneapolis bridge was about 22% the length of the truss bridge in Baltimore.