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Transportation officials announced plans yesterday to build a second two-lane bridge over the Mississippi River that links Winona Minnesota to western Wisconsin.
The Gopher State’s D-O-T had initially talked about upgrading the current two-lane bridge that was declared structurally-deficient a few years ago. But local, state, and federal officials said Winona needs another two lanes of bridges – and the D-O-T agreed that a separate structure would meet traffic needs while preserving historical features of the original 70-year-old bridge. The new bridge would be built upstream from the old one, and both would continue to be used.
