MnDOT graphicThe proposed U.S. Highway 8 bridge design will be a loop, as opposed to its current curved design.
Forest Lake council members got news both hoped for and frustrating Jan. 9, during their first meeting of year.
During a presentation on the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Interstate Highway 35 resurfacing and bridge reconstruction project, the council was told that the current plan for the replacement of the State Highway 97 bridge between Forest Lake and Columbus has been changed, as hoped by leaders from both cities, to a rebuild into a four-lane bridge instead of its current two-lane design. However, members also expressed disappointment that MnDOT would not be fulfilling their request to install more access points on the U.S. Highway 8 bridge – and that the department would be pursuing an even less desirable option if the city chose not to cooperate.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Highway 97 bridge
Though the bulk of the presentation time
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