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I-64 Sherman-Minton Bridge Emergency Closure

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Aug 28, 2009
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Lot of poor information/descriptions out there, but apparently they found cracks in the tie-girder fabricated from T1 steel. I would surmise it has bad weld details too.

Google for various articles.

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