Local leaders announce opening of the new I-35W bridge

Gutknecht explains the bridge's design
Kevin Gutknecht from the Department of Transportation points across the river to the other side of the span. The new bridge has a redundant design to prevent the kind of failure that brought the original bridge down.
MPR Photo/Jess Mador

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