I-35W Bridge Damaged Mississippi Lock, Shut Down Waterway
People, cars and a train weren't the only things that the I-35W bridge took out on its six-story plummet into the Mississippi River. Part of it also landed on a lock and dam operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
"The collapse fell on the guidewall," says Aaron Snyder, spokesman for the Corps St. Paul District. Though crews have not yet been able to pull the mangled bridge from the lock to assess the damage, another district official says it "appears very slight."