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Design errors are blamed in Minnesota bridge collapse

Nov. 14, 2008
Investigators say added weight was too much for the steel plates. Federal investigators on Thursday placed the blame for last year's deadly Minnesota bridge collapse on engineering design flaws that led steel plates to buckle under the weight of construction equipment and supplies, rather than on...
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