In its ongoing investigation of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed Aug. 1 over the Mississippi River, killing at least five people, the National Transportation Safety Board's 19-member ...

WASHINGTON — The Interstate 35W bridge collapsed because of forces so great a massive piece of steel was stretched as if it were latex, eventually ripping apart and causing one of the biggest ...

Undersized gusset plates in the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis were "the critical factor" in the bridge collapse last year that killed 13 people and injured 100, the National Transportation ...

After more than 15 months of investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board began presenting their findings on the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge at a two-day hearing that started ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- One of the key elements that caused the Interstate 35W Bridge to collapse is now on display in Minneapolis. It comes less than a week before the 10-year anniversary of when the ...

A steel gusset functions something like a knee brace or a wrist guard -- reinforcing bridge joints rather than human ones. Such plates are common on bridges throughout Western New York and across the ...

A Minnesota Department of Transportation inspection team was conducting an ultrasound inspection of the Minnesota 23 span when they discovered four gusset plates were bent a quarter of an inch. Gusset ...