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During peak rush hour on Aug. 1, 2007, Minneapolis’ Interstate 35W bridge−Minnesota’s fifth–busiest overpass carrying 140,000 vehicles daily--collapsed into the Mississippi River. Surveillance video showed the eight-lane steel truss-arch bridge crumple into a cloud of dust. Numerous cars and people fell from sections as high as 115 feet above the river.