Vehicle strikes two bridges over I-35W in Bloomington
The city of Bloomington says two bridges over Interstate 35W were damaged Sunday when they were hit by a vehicle passing underneath them on the interstate.
The city says the 86th Street bridge is closed entirely to traffic in both directions. The 82nd Street bridge has one lane closed; one westbound and two eastbound lanes are still open.
Both bridges span the freeway just south of Interstate 494.
I-35W is still open in both directions in the area.
It's the second time in a little over a year the 86th Street bridge has been struck. A truck carrying construction equipment hit and damaged a gas pipeline under the bridge in February 2016.
The 86th street bridge is on the Minnesota Department of Transportation project list for this year, scheduled for a $4 million replacement.
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