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The other bridge

Posted at 12:20 PM on November 25, 2008 by Bob Collins (0 Comments)
Filed under: Bridges and roads

A legislative committee was told today that the new completion date for the Wakota Bridge has been moved up a year. The eastbound span of the bridge (it's actually two separate bridges) should open in July 2010.

The massive project began in 2002, and has ballooned by $56 million. It was originally supposed to be finished last year.

The bridge carries I-494 across the Mississippi between Newport and South St. Paul.

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