City, the River, the Bridge

Stemming from a 2008 University of Minnesota symposium on the bridge collapse and the building of a new bridge, these stories address the ramifications of the disaster from the perspectives of history, engineering, architecture, water science, community-based journalism, and geography. Contributors examine the factors that led to the collapse, the lessons learned from the disaster and the response, the policy and planning changes that have occurred or are likely to occur, and the impact on the city and the Mississippi River. From publisher description.