ON AUGUST 1st 2007, as commuters were driving home from work on the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge near Minneapolis, it abruptly collapsed.

2007年8月1日，美国明尼阿波利斯市附近的一座编号为I-35W的密西西比河公路大桥在下班高峰期时突然坍塌。

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During rush hour traffic on the evening of August 1, 2007, the I-35W Mississippi River bridge, officially known as Bridge 9340, collapsed catastrophically in Minneapolis, Minnesota, claiming the lives of 13 people and injuring another 145.

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Their problems range from unemployment to difficulty getting pregnant, possible alcoholism, sex addiction, and post-traumatic-stress disorder stemming from the 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge into the Mississippi River during an evening rush hour.

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The mishap was reminiscent of the August 2007 collapse of an I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that killed 13 people and injured another 145 when it buckled and fell into the Mississippi River during rush-hour.

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