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BRIDGE COLLAPSE * USA - Impact on businesses from the 35W
Severed arteryYork,PA,USA -The York Daily Record, by JULIE FORSTER and JOHN WELBES -3 August 2007: -- The Minnesota Trucking Association asked the governor to temporarily lift restrictions that keep commercial trucks from using a section of Interstate 35E that runs through residential St. Paul with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour. The restriction prevents trucks from using the highway as a connection to Interstate 35. Opening the route to truckers would relieve congestion on other roadways, they argue... The collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis into the Mississippi River Wednesday evening severed a couple of major channels for commercial traffic - mostly on the road but also on the river. Last year, 4,840 trucks crossed the bridge on a daily basis, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, or MnDOT... Using state data, the Minnesota Trucking Association in 2000 analyzed the cost of a bridge closure at $119,000 per day for trucking companies... (Photo by SCOTT OLSON, Getty Images - Following Wednesday's collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, commercial trucking companies had to scramble Thursday to find alternate routes around the Twin Cities. The Minnesota Trucking Association asked Gov. Tim Pawlenty to temporarily lift restrictions that keep commercial trucks from using a section of Interstate 35E that runs through residential St. Paul with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour. The bridge disaster also affects barge traffic on the Mississippi River and is prompting some businesses to look at other ways to move materials like sand and gravel used for construction)
* International Traffic May Have Contributed To Bridge Collapse
USA -WorldNetDaily/The Maritimes Entry, by D.Roman -August 06, 2007: -- WorldNetDaily is reporting that international truck traffic may have contributed to the collapse of the Minnesota bridge and it is only going to get worse if the NAFTA highway goes into effect... WND has unearthed a Federal Highway Administration report dating back to 1998 that warned increasing NAFTA truck traffic was expected to create a safety concern with bridges in states along the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway, including Minnesota... The study concluded that, "The I-35 Corridor's multimodal transportation hubs – where air, rail, river, and truck cargo converge – make I-35 ideally positioned to be a major route for what is expected to be increasing levels of international trade activity"...
USA -WorldNetDaily/The Maritimes Entry, by D.Roman -August 06, 2007: -- WorldNetDaily is reporting that international truck traffic may have contributed to the collapse of the Minnesota bridge and it is only going to get worse if the NAFTA highway goes into effect... WND has unearthed a Federal Highway Administration report dating back to 1998 that warned increasing NAFTA truck traffic was expected to create a safety concern with bridges in states along the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway, including Minnesota... The study concluded that, "The I-35 Corridor's multimodal transportation hubs – where air, rail, river, and truck cargo converge – make I-35 ideally positioned to be a major route for what is expected to be increasing levels of international trade activity"...
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For those of you who drive through New York's Hudson Valley, you might want to check out this searchable database of the regions more then 5,000 bridges. Easy to use, learn just how safe are the bridges that you use:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS45
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