The Minnesota Department of Transportation this week wrapped up work on the first project it has delivered using the construction manager-general contractor system: the $145.9 million Winona Bridge rehabilitation and construction project.

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A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed on Tuesday in the Italian port city of Genoa during a violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 45 meters into a heap of rubble.

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An innovative pedestrian bridge being built at Florida International University had been put to a "stress test" and its cables were being tightened when it collapsed over traffic, killing six people and sending 10 to a hospital, authorities said.

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A ship has struck a bridge in Green Bay and flattened a small boat.

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A collapsed bridge in Buffalo County is a "total loss," and will need to be completely replaced, a county highway department official said.

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A Canadian Pacific Railway bridge used to transport passengers, crude oil and other hazardous chemicals through densely populated Milwaukee neighborhoods is structurally sound but will nonetheless be reinforced with concrete, a spokesperson for the company said Tuesday.

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A man who drove his tractor-trailer onto a walkway at a Milwaukee park, getting it stuck on a foot bridge, says his GPS device is to blame.

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