The city, the river, the bridge : before and after the Minneapolis bridge collapse / Patrick Nunnally, editor ; preface by E. Thomas Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nunnally, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bridges--Mississippi River--History.

Bridges.

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis, Minn., 2007.

Minneapolis (Minn.)--Social conditions.

Minneapolis (Minn.).

Mississippi River--History.

Mississippi River.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On August 1, 2007, just after 6:00 p.m., during the evening rush hour in Minneapolis, the 1,900-foot-long, eight-lane I-35W bridge buckled and crashed into the Mississippi River. The unimaginable had happened right on the doorstep of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. Many of the first responders were from the University, persevering in the midst of chaos and disbelief. In the ensuing weeks, research and engineering teams from the University reviewed the wreckage, searched for causes, and began planning for the future. The City, the River, the Bridge represents another set of resp

Contents:

This dynamic culture of learning / E. Thomas Sullivan

University voices in the community / Patrick Nunnally

pt. I. The bridge: object, metaphor, process. Fracture-critical: the I-35W bridge collapse as metaphor and omen / Thomas Fisher

The infamous gusset plates / Roberto Ballarini and Minmao Liao

Building the new bridge: process and politics in city-building / Patrick Nunnally

pt. II. The city: neighborhoods and transportation. Neighborhoods confront a disaster aftermath / Judith A. Martin ; From here to there to nowhere: competing philosophies of planning / Roger Miller

pt. III. The river: after the collapse. A fickle partner: Minneapolis and the Mississippi River / John O. Anfinson ; A bridge to somewhere / Mark Pedelty, Heather Dorsey, and Melissa Thompson ; Old man river / Deborah L. Swackhamer

Reimagining the Mississippi / Patrick Nunnally.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7521-X

OCLC:

705538371