Bridge Safe, Yet Repairs Are Needed

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By KBJR News 1

Story Published: May 7, 2008 at 10:22 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 7, 2008 at 10:22 PM CDT

MN-DOT'S decision to close two lanes of the Blatnik Bridge seems to have reverberated through out the Twin Ports.

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Experts say the bridge is safe.

The concern stems back to when the Blatnik Bridge was resurfaced and widened in the early-ninetys.

Road calculations were thrown off, and the gusset plates are currently not up to spec.

Many drivers we spoke with are pleased that the D-O-T is taking the issue so seriously:

"I think it's a good thing that they are fixing the Blatnik Bridge. It'll be a lot of inconvenience for a lot of people but they got to improve it because the cities and it could end up like that bridge. We could have a dead count like they had

MNDOT will be reinforcing the gusset plates... and officials say the process may take until mid-June.

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Thursday, May 8 at 11:26 AM Robin wrote ...

There is no way that they can say that it's safe yet it still needs to have work done on it... What a crock... Look what happened to the I-35 bridge...