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Phil Picardi

Baltimore bridge collapse brings reflections of I-35W disaster

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Federal officials are looking to lessons learned from the collapse and rebuild of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis as they respond to Tuesday's bridge collapse in Baltimore. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talked about the Baltimore disaster on CNN. In the wake of the bridge collapse in Maryland, Minnesota officials say they're guarding against a similar scenario while planning the replacement of the Blatnik Bridge linking Duluth and Superior, Wis.

This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.

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