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Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across:

2. Big trucks ___ the bridge.
4. More than 50 were ___d.
6. People ___d that terrorists might have rigged a bomb.
7. America's bridges were structurally deficient ___.
8. The poop might have eroded the ___.
9. She ran out of her car to ___ what was happening.
10. ___, some speculated that terrorists might have rigged a bomb.
15. The decision was to simply ___ it.
16. She heard the loud ___ing sounds.
17. Cars ___ed 60 feet into the river.
19. "It was the loudest thunder I ever heard," said one ___.
20. She ___ people screaming.
21. It was found to be ___ly deficient.
23. The poop on the ___s eroded the steel.
24. An eight-lane bridge on ___ 35 collapsed.
25. Pigeon poop on the rails might have ___d the steel.
28. One newspaper ___ revealed that almost 10 percent were deficient.
30. Terrorists might have rigged a ___ to the bridge.
32. ___s had no explanation for the collapse.
33. It was like the loudest ___ ever.
35. ___s might have rigged a bomb to the bridge.
36. Ten percent of ___'s bridges were structurally deficient.
40. The ___ said the bridge was not unsafe.
41. "I heard a terrific boom," said one witness to the ___.
42. She heard sounds as bridge ___s hit the water.
44. He drove over another ___ in America.
45. One ___ would make sure that a life jacket was next to him.
46. Big trucks cross the bridge ___, even late at night.
47. The bridge had been ___ed recently.

Down:

1. All the ___ poop might have eroded the steel.
3. She heard cracking sounds and ___ing sounds.
5. One investigation ___ed that America's bridges were structurally deficient.
6. The decision was to reinforce it at ___ locations.
9. Americans were ___ed that an American bridge could simply collapse.
11. He would make sure that a life ___ was in the front seat.
12. Engineers had no ___ for the collapse.
13. She heard splashing sounds as ___s hit the water.
14. Traffic was much ___er then.
18. Dozens of cars plummeted 60 feet into the ___ River.
22. I heard a terrific ___.
26. Cars plummeted 60 feet into the Mississippi ___.
27. It was like the ___est thunder I ever heard.
29. ___s were shocked that an ___ bridge could simply collapse.
31. The report did not ___ the bridge unsafe.
33. ___ was much lighter then.
34. "It was ___," she said.
35. I heard a ___ boom.
37. Terrorists might have ___ged a bomb to the bridge.
38. An eight-lane steel bridge ___d during evening rush hour.
39. Ten people died, and more than 50 were ___ly injured.
43. The ___ was all over TV, radio, and most ___papers.