News Release

This time, State Highway 25 northwest of Belle Plaine will close until late summer 2006 as the Highway 25 Minnesota River bridge replacement is scheduled to begin the week of October 24, according to Nathan Gannon, project engineer at the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
When the old bridge is removed, all traffic will be detoured to State Highways19 and 5 and U.S. Highway 169 for the duration of the construction.

The Highway 25 bridge replacement had been on hold until the completion of the new river crossing at Blakely, which is now nearly complete.

Lunda Construction of Black River Falls, Wisconsin was awarded the replacement of the existing steel truss bridge with a three span steel bridge with a bid of $ 6,877,646.

The project includes raising the grade seven feet and building a bridge 130 feet longer than the existing bridge. The new bridge will have two 12-foot travel lanes, 10-foot shoulders and a 10-foot trail on the east side of the bridge. Entrances to the Minnesota Valley Trail and boat landing will also be reconstructed.

Traveler information, including incident reports, is available by calling 511 or logging on to www.511mn.org. Know the Road. Dial up or log on.

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