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TRAFFIC ALERT: Drivers should avoid the I-5 Skagit River area. See an alternate route map provided by WSDOT.

Gov. Inslee estimates repair cost at $15M; bridge detour route already crowded

<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021045926_bridgecollapsexml.html"><img style="height:90px; float: right; margin-left: 4px;" src="http://seattletimes.com/ABPub/2013/05/23/2021046090.jpg"/></a>The I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water. Three people were rescued from the water. "You talk miracles," said one survivor Dan Sligh, of Oak Harbor, right. "You look around and you pinch yourself."

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The I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water. Three people were rescued from the water. "You talk miracles," said one survivor Dan Sligh, of Oak Harbor, right. "You look around and you pinch yourself."

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