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Article: MnDOT closes St. Cloud bridge; Gusset plates ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... inspectors found that its steel gusset plates were bending in four locations ... undertaken in September 2003. The gusset plates have extensive paint failure ... suspected design flaw in the 35W bridge gusset plates. Neither the inspection nor ...

BRIDGE GUSSET PLATES
AP Images;  January 15, 2008 ;     194 words ...Graphic describes gusset plates on I-35W bridge in Minneapolis; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101.6 mm

BRIDGE GUSSET PLATES 1
AP Images;  November 13, 2008 ;     196 words ...UPDATES text from graphic that moved Jan. 15; graphic describes gusset plates on I-35W bridge in Minneapolis;

Article: I-35W bridge was doomed from the start; Investigators will say ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... neglected to calculate the size of key gusset plates that eventually failed, a human mistake ... determined that corrosion of certain gusset plates, extreme heat and shifting piers did ... preventing future disasters. Had key steel gusset plates been designed properly -- they were ...

Article: Old photos show flaws in steel of I-35 bridge; Bowing of ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... confirmed Friday that the bowing of steel gusset plates depicted in the June 2003 photos is ... Cloud after inspectors found that gusset plates on that span were bending in four locations ... of-plane bending on the U-10 gusset plates. One of the questions the Star Tribune ...

Article: Tension and shear block failure of bolted gusset ...
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... tension and shear block failure in gusset plates, the exact progression of the failure ... design equations predict the capacity of gusset plates fairly well, it is important for a ... tension and shear block failure in gusset plates and other structural elements. This ...

Article: Was Ohio bridge scare a warning? When gusset plates ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the failure: Undersized and corroded gusset plates that were too thin to withstand an ... collapse, said the record will show that gusset plates on steel truss bridges required close ... any other agency didn't know that gusset plates could cause a major failure, Sieff ...