Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Cedar Avenue Bridge Opens - 10/31/1980
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*LOCAL PULSE The Minneapolis Star 13A
Friday, Oct. 31, 1980
METRO GALLERY
~W _V Bridge opens
Dakota County commut-
J• ers should be all smiles
now that their five-year
wait for the opening of
the new six-lane Cedar
Avenue bridge is over.
Gov. Al Quie was present
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4v„n " 4! when ribbons were cut
on the new bridge Thurs•
day. The new one-mile
R; a crossing of the Minnesota
River between Blooming-
„ ton and Eagan was
opened for business in
time to carry afternoon
rush-hour traffic. The
;23-million crossing is
actually two bridges,
each carrying three lanes
of traffic. The bridge
r Protect is part of a larger P 41,
$41 million plan to up-
,k x ` grade Cedar Avenue from
Highway 13 in Eagan to
Interstate Highway 494.
i .~.~._~..ry,.~: A.. M The new bridge replaces
y ap aee a ~vru ~auc ow~ua uaauec
built in 1890. Work is
v now underway on com-
p
of a temporary
x connection between
19 a 4 t Highway 77 and old Ce-
dar Avenue, between
rq Highway 13 and County
A Road 30 in Dakota Coun-
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ty.
. r.~ Star Photo by Duane Bracey