A bridge connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin will be closed indefinitely starting Monday because of high water, officials said Sunday, as authorities around the state braced for flooding from bulging streams and rivers.
St. Croix Bridge project watchers will have to wait a few weeks longer than expected to find out who will build the new 5,000-foot-long river crossing between Oak Park Heights, Minn., and St. Joseph, Wis.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for the new St. Croix River bridge -- kicking off construction of the project that connects Minnesota and Wisconsin's economic and transit interests.
Minnesota and Wisconsin transportation officials have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. Croix bridge project connecting the two states.