Maybe it's art. I know that out in the country they get pretty whipped up about what kind of tractor you have. Kind of like people used to be about cars (Ford vs. Chevy vs. Mopar) Someone with a welder and some parts created his homage to John Deere and chained it up in his yard.

Bridge Construction 1

author: Tyfoid Kid : Minneapolis, MN

About 6 weeks ago they had removed the median and then they started painting these lines on the road and using their transits getting very particular about where things are. Then they started building these Evil Kenevil ramps (we think they're forms.) Mother nature doesn't care if your building something so the snow is slowing them down. and then they started putting sides and "ends" on them This is the view out my window at work. and if you've been paying attention to the other posts you would have seen these two buildings in the background. Not anymore, they took them out...

Bridge Removal

author: Tyfoid Kid : Minneapolis, MN

So they started removing the old bridge on the 2nd of September. Checking out the adjacent bridge (funny NOW they inspect it.) We heard the tracked vehicle going by, he drove right up to the edge and started hammering away. He hammered away for about a week. Then this guy showed up and started to cut up the metal. Then they started on the other side. About 2 weeks later it looked pretty cleaned up. Then they came for the median. I was walking between campuses when I saw them pulling some of the last large pieces out of the water. It took them about 20 minutes. They...

Bridge Collapse 3

author: Tyfoid Kid : Minneapolis, MN

So I've been taking lots of pictures but that means I have to organize and fix (resize etc.) them. So these are from the 4th of September. They had just opened the bridge adjacent to the collapsed bridge. I had to take these shots through a chain link fence with lots of cops and signs saying "don't climb on fence" so sorry for the quality. Still fishing pieces out (took another month or so.) That's your typical sign that straddles all the lanes (probably 100' across.) Lost little mileage marker. I think there was some physics at play here. Crushed train cars. Imagine...

Elvis Hardware

author: Tyfoid Kid : Minneapolis, MN

There he was . . . lurking in the window (he's gone now so I guess Elvis has left the building.) A hardware store, the real kind, not like HD and Lowes. Ya know with wooden floors and people who can answer questions and don't have to wear a dorky apron. I don't know why Elvis was in the window but you have to take the shot.

Bridge Collapse 2 - Life in the Exclusion Zone

author: Tyfoid Kid : Minneapolis, MN

So we can park in our ramp now. They closed our building down the sunday W came by to look like he gave a shit which sucked cause I had work to do and couldn't. That's my building, the ugly one on the left, I'm on the top floor. It's just odd. I don't know what it was like at Ground Zero for people who had to work in the area but I wonder sometimes. They had to lock our floor because we're one of the buildings with some kind of view of the bridge and we were...