Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled ...
The county said that explosive charges were used both to make that process quicker and to ensure the safety of workers, as it ...
A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had ...
Faced with the task of replacing a flood-damaged bridge, and removing a breached dam, county officials face the prospect of ...
A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato, Minn.
A snowstorm sweeping through the US and Canada has left tens of thousands of people without power. The weather front brought ...
Contractors blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that nearly collapsed during heavy rains last summer.
The bridge next to Rapidan Dam in Minnesota was brought down using explosives after suffering severe flood damage in 2024.
Heavy rain last June caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side of the bridge. Erosion around ...
The bridge was set to be replaced after the nearby Rapidam Dam was breached in June 2024. The rushing water destroyed an Xcel Energy substation and caused a home along the bank to fall into the river.
MANKATO, Minnesota: This week, workers used explosives to destroy the remains of a damaged bridge in southern Minnesota. The ...