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(Lansing, IA) -- Crews are starting preliminary work on replacing the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing. Researchers and divers will be spending the next to months surveying and relocating mussels in the area.
The 1,100-foot Mississippi River Bridge connects Iowa Highway 9 in Lansing, Iowa to Wisconsin Highway 82 in rural Crawford County, Wisconsin. The cantilever bridge referred to as the Black Hawk Bridge. The structure has served the area since 1931 with a closure from 1945 to 1957 when it was damaged by ice dams.
The DOT says depreciation over time and changing vehicle size and traffic patterns now call for a new, wider, safer crossing.
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