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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Cedar Avenue Bridge Opens - 10/31/1980 i I i i i *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 s 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- rq ty. . r.~ Star Photo by Duane Bracey