Stillwater Lift Bridge History

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| The History of the Stillwater Lift Bridge | Tiandra Price | | Eng. 104 Composition | Herzing University Crystal, Minnesota | A brief look into the history and reasons a new St. Croix River Crossing is in desperate need of construction. | Built in 1931 the Stillwater lift Bridge spans a total of 1,050 feet across the St. Croix River connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota. The bridge provides a useful and alternative crossing as it is one of two bridges between Interstate 94 in Hudson, Wisconsin and U.S. HWY 8 in Taylor Falls, Minnesota. The other bridge is Minnesota State HWY 243 in Osceola, Wisconsin. The Stillwater Lift Bridge is structurally deficient and needs to be replaced. If one component of the bridge fails the entire…show more content…
On paper one month before the collapse of the 35w Bridge, The Stillwater Bridge was rated worse. This inspection was done by the very same firm, URS a multi-million dollar engineering company, which was responsible for the inspection of 35W; MnDOT has said the bridge is safe otherwise it would be shut down. Galarnyk saw the same conditions the report documented unfortunately with the same urgency. It will only take one critical part to fail and the whole structure will tumble into the river. Hopefully no one will be injured or killed at the time this event happens. (Tom Lyden Fox 9 News March 6,…show more content…
Croix River Valley and the Twin Cities metropolitan areas for a new river crossing will provide not only a safer way to travel but it will be more efficient as well. The bridge is used by commuters from both states as well as tourists from across the region. 35% of all workers are from St. Croix County commute to Minnesota. More than a quarter of a million people visit beautiful downtown Stillwater each year. Wisconsin residents are a huge part of the Minnesota workforce and are an important part to the state’s consumer base. As the residents of Wisconsin not only serve doctors, lawyers, teachers, prison guards, retail workers and employees in every business or industry in the region. Workers also pay taxes on the wages earned in Minnesota as well as purchases made on that side of the river. (Coalition for the St. Croix River Crossing

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