I thought this was interesting…the CP Rail bridge over the Mississippi River between downtown St.Paul and Minneapolis (the old Milwaukee Road “shortline” bridge) was severly damaged by a fire apparently caused by kids with fireworks. Why kids would go to the middle of a 150’ high bridge to do fireworks is kinda beyond me. Looks like rail traffic (and industries served by the line, particularly grain elevators/mills) will be affected for at least a month as the bridge is now unuseable.
BTW fireworks for private use were illegal in MN until they were legalized a few years ago by Gov Jesse Ventura. [V][censored]