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In this segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series, Host Professor Joseph Schofer, Director of Northwestern University's Infrastructure Technology Institute, and Co-Host Tom Herman of Vocalo.org, interview Linda Figg, of Figg Bridge Engineers, Tallahassee, FL, whose company designed the new I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis that replaces the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge, which collapsed on Aug. 1, 2007. The new bridge opened on Sept. 18, 2008. She discusses this fast-track project, features of the new bridge, and lessons learned from the bridge failure and replacement. (21 minutes) For more information, see the web-site: www.theinfrastructureshow.com