Forensic engineers and demolition crews are still hard at work dredging up the remains of Minneapolis' I-35W bridge, but the state already is putting the finishing touches on a contract to rebuild the ill-fated crossing. Construction is set to begin by Oct. 15.
On Sept. 19, hydraulic hammers pounded holes in concrete, giant shears screeched and sliced through downed I-girders and heavy-lift cranes groaned as they muscled tangled balls of submerged rebar out of the Mississippi River.