site Â '' `` We want to get this bridge rebuilt as quick as possible . We understand that this is a main artery , '' Bush said . `` People depend on this bridge , on this highway . '' Bush was accompanied by Transportation Secretary Mary Peters , who pledged that she would do what she could to meet the needs of the city . On Friday , the chief federal investigator said the south end of the bridge '' behaved differently '' from the rest of the structure during its catastrophic collapse . National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker said , based on a video of the collapse and where the bridge debris lies , the southern end shifted 50 feet to the east . `` And when we compare that to what we 've seen in the rest of the bridge , the rest of the bridge appears to have collapsed in place , '' Rosenker told reporters . Rosenker cautioned that investigators ' interest in the southern end does not mean they have found the cause of the bridge collapse . `` What we have is a step forward , '' he said .
MINNEAPOLIS , Minnesota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Bush surveyed this week 's bridge collapse in Minneapolis , Minnesota , and pledged the government would `` eliminate roadblocks '' and `` cut through paperwork '' to get it rebuilt . `` I bring prayers from the American people to those who have suffered loss of life as a result of the collapse of the 35W bridge in the Twin Cities . I bring prayers to those who wonder whether they 'll ever see a loved one again , '' Bush said on his visit . `` I have met with the chief of police and the sheriff and rescue workers -- people who represent men and women working as hard as they possibly can to save life and to find life -- to go under these murky waters to find the facts . And it 's going to take awhile . '' Shortly after Bush left the site , a diver bobbed in the water and communicated with an attending boat with hand signals . `` I have been impressed not only by their determination but by their compassion , '' the president said . Watch Bush tour the disaster