Man, for the people of Florida, they keep having one bad thing after another.

[imanamerican63]

[marybourg]

1. Elucidate.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. A concrete pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed on traffic.

It's on the tv right now.

It looks like a mini version of the San Francisco earthquake highway collapse.

[imanamerican63]

3. Thx for fill him in!

I hit my send button to early.

[Awsi Dooger]

4. Gad, I drive past that area all the time

Thanks for the heads up. I'm in Miami and just turned on the local news.

I've seen that bridge being built recently. This is stunning. I don't live particularly close but I like shopping at Aldi and the best cleanest local Aldi is on SW 8th St. and roughly 123rd Avenue. That is maybe one mile west of where this bridge collapsed. I use 8th St. to get there and I was planning to head there either tonight or tomorrow.

Local Miami ABC just ran a live interview with an FIU student who said his friend was apparently walking underneath the bridge when it collapsed. He fears his friend is dead.

The FIU campus on its north side is alongside very busy 8th St. That prompted the need for this pedestrian bridge, since many students live on the other side of 8th St from campus. Likewise the University of Miami campus is alongside very busy South Dixie Highway (US 1) on the south side of campus. Pedestrian bridges were built for the same reason there.