Bridge work will hinder views of Minneopa Falls

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Bridge work will hinder views of Minneopa Falls

Updated: August 8, 2012 - 6:41 PM

The upper and lower falls at Minneopa State Park near Mankato.

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MANKATO - Visitors to Minneopa State Park will have reduced views of the park's twin waterfalls while a 90-year-old bridge between them is rebuilt.

The Department of Natural Resources says the work will begin in mid-August and is expected to last into October.

DNR spokesman Scott Roemhildt said the best view of the lower falls won't be available from the easiest route during construction, although a roughly half-mile hike to the other side will get a visitor there. That route won't be handicap-accessible.

Views of the falls from the bridge won't be available during construction, either.

The rest of the park won't be affected.

Minneopa means "water falling twice" in Dakota. The DNR says the twin waterfalls' 45-foot total drop makes them the largest in southern Minnesota.

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