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MINNEAPOLIS—The new Interstate 35W bridge is open in Minneapolis.
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. Thursday.
The old bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River on Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
The $234 million bridge was completed on budget and more than three months ahead of the Dec. 24 deadline. That means the contractors—led by the team of Flatiron Construction Corp. of Longmont, Colo., and Manson Construction Co. of Seattle—should get a bonus close to the contract maximum of $27 million.
The actual amount hasn’t been determined.
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