Collapse of Bay St. Louis Bridge Column?

[wxman57]

What's this I'm hearing from my mother in Gautier about part of the newly-opened Bay St. Louis bridge collapsing? She said something about a column they were pouring that collapsed and fell, killing a number of workers and damaging the bridge? I found a story on wlox.com:

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6665747

It's hard to tell if the column collapse has closed the bridge or whether it was well away from the open lanes.

[pojo]

It is the column of the New Westbound bridge that will open sometime in the near future...

Currently the Bay STL Bridge is only 2 lanes and IS 35mph... I'm not in Biloxi this weekend to tell you if the Bridge is open or not.

[MGC]

I went across the bridge this afternoon. Work has stopped on the section that fell. God bless the killed workers.....MGC

[Dionne]

I've been out of town and missed this news. What a bummer! And Katrina just keeps killing.

I worked on a bridge crew when I first arrived here in Mississippi in '95. It is dangerous work. The forms have to be just right. The slump on the concrete must be high. And alot of time your pouring on top of a cold joint less than 72 hours old.

My condolences to those killed and injured.