NTSB TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON, DC ON THE ON-GOING INVESTIGATION OF THE I-35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN MINNESOTA

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

January 14, 2008

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NTSB TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY 
IN WASHINGTON, DC ON THE ON-GOING INVESTIGATION 
OF THE I-35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN MINNESOTA 

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Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board 
will hold a press conference on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 to 
provide an update on the on-going investigation of the I-35W 
bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  NTSB Chairman 
Mark V. Rosenker will brief the media in the NTSB'S Board 
Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., 
Washington, DC at 1:30 p.m., (EST).

On Wednesday, August 1, 2007, a section of the I-35W bridge 
in Minneapolis, Minnesota spanning the Mississippi River 
collapsed.  Approximately 1,000 feet of the deck truss fell 
into the river.  As a result of the accident 13 people died 
and 145 people were injured.  

Directions to Board Room: Front door located on Lower 10th 
Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit 
L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets escalator, walk 
through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one 
level. Board room will be to your left.
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NTSB Media Contact:     Terry N. Williams
                                (202) 314-6126
                                williat@xxxxxxxx



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