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17 for ’17: ‘It Was Pretty Scary’: The Day The I-85 Bridge Collapsed

Lisa George | WABE

December 20th, 2017

On March 30, a bridge on Interstate 85 in Atlanta’s Buckhead area collapsed. No one was injured, but commuters had to find new ways to get home and to work until the bridge was rebuilt.

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WABE News is looking back at the top 17 news stories in 2017.

There was smoke, there was fire, and then it just went down.

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