Letter of the day: Bridge remnants could be recycled as memorial artwork

Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune

Debris from the bridge collapse laid numbered along the shore of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

Last update: November 12, 2009 - 7:12 PM

Now that the litigation involving the Interstate 35W bridge collapse seems to be winding down and the scrap metal from the bridge will no longer be needed as possible evidence in the litigation, I suggest that either the city of Minneapolis or the state of Minnesota commission an art contest and ultimately choose an artist to use the scrap metal from the bridge to create a sculpture to memorialize those who were killed or injured in or risked their lives to help following the collapse of the bridge.

STEVEN HAGBERG, WAYZATA

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