MnDOT camera misses bridge collapse, captures aftermath

Several days ago, I speculated on whether the MnDOT cameras recorded the 35W bridge collapse. Well, now we know. They were recording, but the closest camera was facing the other direction at the time. What you see is one last car make it across and all the opposing traffic stops. The camera operator, realizing something is wrong, pans the camera over to see that the bridge is gone.

But there is at least one other camera that could have potentially had a view of the bridge. The camera at 4th St. was not operating the morning after. It is back up now. Unless it was zoomed in, it would have a rather poor view because of the distance. Due to its orientation, it might be able to show which sections of road gave way first. In the event that it was recording and did see anything of value, I would guess that the NTSB is looking at it.