Bolt holes are associated with the gusset plates and connecting member for receiving bolts to connect the prefabricated column assembly to a prefabricated beam assembly generally between the pair of ...

WASHINGTON — A newly released report by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a pair of gusset plates on the Interstate 35W bridge broke at least partially along lines of corrosion. The ...

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The state Legislature mandated that the Historical Society be given the opportunity to acquire pieces of the downed bridge. Among those it snapped up was the gusset plate that the National ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- One of the key elements that caused the Interstate 35W Bridge to collapse is now on display in Minneapolis. It comes less than a week before the 10-year anniversary of when the ...

Minnesota Department of Transportation crews plan to continue taking measurements of the Blatnik Bridge into next week. MnDOT officials announced May 6 that 16 of the bridge's gusset plates -- steel ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said on Nov. 13 that the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others started when gusset plates on the upper side ...

A maintenance crew repaired a corroded gusset plate Tuesday on the Interstate Bridge, but the work hasn't quickened plans to replace the 69-year-old structure. Minnesota Department of Transportation ...

American Electric Power (AEP) recently developed base shoe and standoff anchor bolt designs for its 765-kV lattice tower family. Developing a design process proved challenging, as a ready-to-use ...

The "most historical pieces" that failed and led to the Interstate 35W bridge collapsing in a deadly heap into the Mississippi River six years ago were turned over Thursday to the Minnesota Historical ...