Seattle Bridge Collapse

Deborah

Just checking in our Seattle ladies! Just heard this on the news. Trust you are all safe. According to reports this bridge was a major transit corridor between Seattle and Vancouver?

12 years ago

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Latest reply was from Kari

Anonymous

I just heard about this too! How awful -- I am so glad no one was killed. Looks like a truck hit the span and caused it to fall?

12 years ago

Marlene

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I've been over that bridge hundreds of times since that is the route I take to get from the Seattle area to my homeland to see the family. Its a shock to think how fragile that bridge was all this time. I'm happy that no-one was killed in the accident since it could have been so much worse. Scary....

12 years ago

Lisa

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How awful, hopefully everyone is ok.

12 years ago

Janet

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Yikes! That is very scary.

People complain about being taxed, but I sure want our nation's infrastructure to be maintained to be safe. This is an awful example of negligence.

12 years ago

Anonymous

What? OMG, I just learned of this. Is everyone ok? Angie? Anna?
ETA: Ok,I just read Ceit's comnent. No injuries. Phew.

12 years ago

annagybe

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There were injuries but it is a miracle no one died. An oversize truck hit a girder. It is far north of Seattle. But over 70,000 vehicles traverse that bridge every day.

12 years ago

catgirl

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Our entire infrastructure is in a shambles - I won't get into politics, but if we want to feel safe as a nation, more money should go into fixing our ancients bridges and tunnels and airports instead of the so-called defense budget.

Hugs to Seattle-ites!

12 years ago

rachylou

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The state of our infrastructure is frightening! That's what stands between us and the dark ages.

12 years ago

ElleH

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Are all the Seattle fabbers OK? I see Anna's OK. Anyone heard from Angie?

12 years ago

annagybe

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It's over an hour north of Seattle. In Mt Vernon if you want to google it.

12 years ago

Marlene

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That bridge is also a major part of the route that carries goods from Canada into the States. It will have a huge economic impact.

12 years ago

christy

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It's seriously nothing short of a miracle that only two cars fell into the water and only three people were injured. Luckily this happened just long enough after rush hour that there weren't more cars involved. My BIL travels this bridge from Bellingham into Seattle almost every day. So scary to think what could have happened. Even more scary? The state secretary of transportation said there were a number of bridges along Interstate 5 in Washington state that were rated lower than the bridge that collapsed. We travel over bridges over water regularly around here - its just a daily part of life. Yikes. And the affect this will have on commuters and commerce? It's going to be huge.

12 years ago

Kari

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It's scary! That bridge is quite a ways north of Seattle, but I used to drive over it all the time on the way between home and school.

Thank goodness that everyone survived.

12 years ago

Glory

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Glad all are safe and it is a miracle that so few vehicles went into the water. I just read that this bridge had multiple repairs last year so likely its infrastructure was not where it needed to be.

12 years ago

Angie

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Thanks for the concern, Elle, Debs and Zap. It's a MIRACLE no one was badly hurt. We are surrounded by water in Seattle, and there are bridges everywhere. It's part of life around here even on very short commutes within the city sprawl. Scary stuff.

12 years ago

Kari

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What's scariest is, according to inspection/ratings, this was far from being the worst bridge in the state. There are many that are in known disrepair.

12 years ago

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