The new Interstate 35W bridge, replacing one whose deadly collapse into the Mississippi River scarred the city's image and emotions, may be getting kudos for opening ahead of schedule and restoring a vital traffic link. ...more

September 15, 2008

It was another perfect summer day - so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell. ...more

August 2, 2008

A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation brought calls for immediate repairs to other spans, two of every three of the busiest problem bridges in each state - carrying nearly 40 million vehicles a day - have had no work beyond regular maintenance. ...more

July 31, 2008

On a sunny Saturday, more than 300 people stood in clusters squinting out at the gurgling Mississippi River and the spot where one of the state's most-traveled bridges fell down one evening last August, killing 13 people and injuring many more. ...more

June 8, 2008

Plenty of science percolated on this page over the last year, and today we look back at some of the more intriguing topics we had the pleasure of sharing with readers. ...more

December 31, 2007

Next week, four teams bidding to replace the fallen Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis will learn which has the inside track on a project that could be worth a quarter-billion dollars. ...more

September 15, 2007