Bridge Collapses

The bridge collapses. Your car nosedives into the water below. You have minutes or seconds to get out before you drown.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss recent and historical bridge collapses including the I-35 W disaster and a deadly clown spectacle in England, why bridges collapse, and what to do if the bridge you're driving on has a catastrophic failure.

• Sources

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  • https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/08/01/remembering-the-i35-bridge-collapse-one-survivor-shares-her-story

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  • https://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/bridge_defs.pdf