| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
This dynamic culture of learning / E. Thomas Sullivan -- Introduction : university voices in the community / Patrick Nunnally -- The bridge : object, metaphor, process -- Fracture-critical : the I-35W bridge collapse as metaphor and omen / Thomas fisher -- The infamous gusset plates / Roberto Ballarini and Minmao liao -- Building the new bridge : process and politics in city-building / Patrick Nunnally -- The city : neighborhoods and transportation -- Neighborhoods confront a disaster aftermath / Judith A. Martin -- From here to there to nowhere : competing philosophies of planning / Roger Miller -- The river : after the collapse -- A fickle partner : Minneapolis and the Mississippi River / John O. Anfinson -- A bridge to somewhere / Mark Pedelty, Heather Dorsey, and Melissa Thompson -- Old man river / Deborah L. Swackhamer -- Conclusion : reimagining the Mississippi / Patrick Nunnally |
| Summary |
On August 1, 2007, just after 6:00 p.m., during the evening rush hour in Minneapolis, the 1,900-foot-long, eight-lane I-35W bridge buckled and crashed into the Mississippi River. The unimaginable had happened right on the doorstep of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. Many of the first responders were from the University, persevering in the midst of chaos and disbelief. In the ensuing weeks, research and engineering teams from the University reviewed the wreckage, searched for causes, and began planning for the future. The City, the River, the Bridge represents another set of resp |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis, Minn., 2007.
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Bridges -- Mississippi River -- History
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Bridges
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Social conditions
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Mississippi River -- History
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| Subject |
Minnesota -- Minneapolis
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Mississippi River
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nunnally, Patrick
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| LC no. |
2010047369 |
| ISBN |
9780816675210 |
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081667521X |
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0816667667 |
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9780816667666 |
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