This may come as a surprise to Rosie O’Donnell…

Oakland, Calif. —- A stretch of highway near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed Sunday after a gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames, a loss officials said could leave freeways leading to one of the nation’s busiest spans in near paralysis at rush hour. Officials said traffic will be disrupted for weeks, if not months. Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, but the truck’s driver walked away with second-degree burns. No other injuries were reported in the 3:45 a.m. crash. …

What? Fire actually melted steel for the second time in history? Rosie must be feverously typing on her website about the Bush administration being responsible, an obvious conspiracy to discredit her.

Authorities said the damage could take months to repair and would cause the worst disruption for Bay Area commuters since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged a section of the Bay Bridge. Nearly 75,000 vehicles use the portion of the road every day. But because the accident occurred where three highways converge, authorities said it could cause commuting problems for hundreds of thousands. State transportation officials said 280,000 commuters take the bridge into San Francisco each day.

I can’t wait to hear Rosie’s explanation. A bomb? Uh huh. That’s it.