Blatnik Bridge

I read the Feb. 19 article, "Blatnik Bridge status upgraded to 'adequate.'" The bridge is an unnecessary piece of junk. Why not just run a road around the bay shoreline? All that money to save a few miles. If there was a little 20-foot bridge to the ski hill parking lot, you could...

I just came up with this novel idea. Instead of Congress appropriating millions or trillions of dollars to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, why doesn't Congress appropriate the money to repairing and replacing our structurally deficient bridges throughout the country?...

When I think about the Oliver Bridge, the only thing I think about is how it seems like it's always being worked on or closed — or worked on and closed. It's always something.

The Trump administration's federal budget proposal for 2018 isn't a week old, but already state and local transportation officials are adjusting to President Donald Trump's goal of reducing the federal government's role in funding infrastructure. While hopeful still of federal dollars,...

The Superior Fire Department Tuesday was investigating the cause of a five-vehicle crash that took place on the Duluth-bound lane of the Blatnik Bridge shortly after midnight that temporarily stopped traffic, according to a department official.

The Blatnik Bridge was closed for about an hour and 40 minutes early Monday as a distraught 37-year-old man contemplated jumping from the bridge, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The incident began about 2:47 a.m. The man was on the framework that supports the bridge deck....

A car going the wrong way on the Blatnik Bridge this evening crashed head-on into another car, injuring the lone occupants in each car, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The vehicle was northbound in the Superior-bound lane about 9:10 p.m. Thursday when it struck the oncoming...