Investigators seeking the cause of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse are looking closely at steel plates that tied together beams in the center span of the structure, a state-hired consultant said… ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Interstate 35W bridge collapsed when a too-thin gusset plate ripped along a line of rivets, initiating a collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145. That conclusion… ...

The gusset plates had fallen off many of the truss components. By contrast, of the surviving two-by-four-inch truss members, the worst char depth had penetrated less than 20% of the thickness of ...

Report: Gusset plates a continued focus in bridge investigation Advertisement MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board looking for the cause of the ...

Two steel gusset plates, which connect some of the beams that hold up the Inner Belt Bridge, have buckled about an inch, while others have significantly deteriorated, according to a new state ...

The Strib focused on the L11 plate — another gusset the NTSB highlighted Tuesday — noting that it had lost nearly half its thickness due to corrosion. That angle fit with the Strib’s ...

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 145, the ...

WASHINGTON — Undersized steel reinforcing plates were cited Thursday as the chief cause of last year’s deadly collapse of a highway bridge in Minneapolis. Federal investigators also said the ...

NTSB already has raised questions about design flaws in the bridge's gusset plates. The 1,907-ft-long, eight-lane bridge crossed the Mississippi River in three spans on two 988-ft-long, parallel ...

Work to repair about 15 gusset plates on the Hwy. 43 Bridge connecting Winona to western Wisconsin will start no later than Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) said this ...