August 4, 2007 - Inspectors will begin examining another Minnesota bridge Sunday in the wake of the 35-W collapse. Bob McFarlin of the state Transportation Department says the Highway Sixty-One bridge over the Gooseberry River near the Lake Superior shore will be the fifth bridge inspected following Wednesday's disaster. McFarlin says the Gooseberry bridge has a structure that is similar, but not identical, to the 35-W bridge. He says the U.S. Transportation Department has ordered the state to inspect bridges of the type that collapsed in Minneapolis. McFarlin says the Gooseberry bridge was built in the 1990's.
August 4, 2007 - An emotional Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau today defended the actions of the state transportation department she leads. Molnau, who also is lieutenant governor, cut short a trip to attend a conference in China in the wake of the I-35 bridge collapse. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports.
August 4, 2007 - A top Minnesota Department of Transportation official says engineers have identified a fourth bridge that has a similar design to the collapsed I-35W bridge, in Sauk Rapids. Bob McFarlin says Governor Pawlenty has ordered an immediate inspection of all of those types of bridges.
August 4, 2007 - Divers continued searching the Mississippi River today for victims of Wedneday's bridge collapse. The divers' work took place in treacherous conditions amid the rubble of the former bridge. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Steil has the latest on the search.
August 5, 2007 - Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has news conference on the 35W bridge collapse. William Wilcoxen has the introduction.
August 5, 2007 - Bob McFarlin of MnDOT and others at news conference on I-35W bridge collapse, introduced by William Wilcoxen
August 5, 2007 - NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker at news conference.
August 5, 2007 - Rich Stanek news conference on Sunday after bridge collapse
August 5, 2007 - Minnesota Department of Transportation holds news conference, with various MnDOT, NTSB and State Patrol representatives discussing progress at river now switching to debris removal
August 5, 2007 - Inspectors will begin examining another Minnesota bridge Sunday in the wake of the 35-W collapse. Bob McFarlin of the state Transportation Department says the Highway Sixty-One bridge over the Gooseberry River near the Lake Superior shore will be the fifth bridge inspected following Wednesday's disaster. McFarlin says the Gooseberry bridge has a structure that is similar, but not identical, to the 35-W bridge. He says the U.S. Transportation Department has ordered the state to inspect bridges of the type that collapsed in Minneapolis. McFarlin says the Gooseberry bridge was built in the 1990's.