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Article: New highway bridge in Minneapolis opens
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- September 18, 2008
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The new U.S. highway bridge opened in Minneapolis on Thursday, a little more than a year after the last one collapsed into the Mississippi River and killed 13 people.
A procession of vehicles led by state troopers, emergency vehicles and state highway trucks led motorists across the bridge in both directions shortly after 5 a.m. (1000 GMT) Thursday.
Traffic was heavy as a mix of cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses started streaming across the bridge. Vehicles moved slowly at first, but then picked up speed.
Many vehicles honked their horns as they drove across and a few motorists waved American flags. The major artery leading in and out of Minneapolis carried 140,000 trips ...