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IMAGE: Collapsed bridge in Minneapolis

Bridge collapse revealed holes in fed data

When the I-35W bridge collapsed a year ago in Minneapolis, federal officials requested an emergency inspection of every similar bridge in the nation. There was just one problem: No one knew how many there were. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports. Full story

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Part 1: Thousands of bridges inspected late

Part 2: Feds let states delay bridge inspections

Ga. employee faked bridge inspections

Which states fell behind on bridge inspections?

Which states have bad bridges?

How the analysis was done

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Jan. 30: Bill Dedman discusses his investigation of the state of bridge inspections.

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