The 102-year-old Third Avenue Bridge linking downtown Minneapolis with northeast Minneapolis carries 20,000 vehicles per day
Author: John Croman
Updated: 7:31 AM CST January 4, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — If you're one of the thousands of people who cross the Mississippi River everyday using the Third Avenue Bridge, get ready for two years of detours.
The historic span is being closed to traffic beginning Monday, Jan. 4, as part of MnDOT's $130 million renovation project - an effort to make it safer and easier to use for all kinds of traffic.
"We know it’s an inconvenience to have that bridge closed for as long as it’s going to be closed, but we do need to take care of it," David Aeikens of MnDOT told KARE.