How much did the new Minneapolis bridge cost to design and construct?
A steady stream of motorists crossed the new Interstate 35W “smart bridge” as it opened early Thursday, a little more than a year after the old one collapsed into the Mississippi River and killed 13 people. iReporter Robert Stewart shot the traffic starting to flow across the I-35W bridge early Thursday. 1 of 3 A vanguard of squad cars, fire trucks, ambulances and maintenance trucks slowly led a parade of cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses across the new bridge in downtown Minneapolis just after 5 a.m., reopening one of the busiest arteries in the Twin Cities. Many drivers honked and a few waved American flags to inaugurate the span. “It was wonderful. What a beautiful bridge. It’s terrific,” said Donald Brown, of Golden Valley, one of the first to make the crossing. Watch traffic begin to flow across new bridge ยป Brown, a retired truck driver, said he was the first motorist waiting on the ramp onto northbound I-35W to try the new bridge. He said he used to drive the old bridge 12 tim
