Lift on Stillwater bridge begins operating April 20

April 15, 2016 at 4:13AM
The Stillwater Lift Bridge was closed Monday due to high water on the St. Croix River.
The Stillwater Lift Bridge, shown in 2014, will begin its full-time summer lift schedule on April 20. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Stillwater Lift Bridge will begin its full-time summer lift schedule on April 20, allowing St. Croix River boats to pass beneath it at regular intervals. The schedule will remain in effect until about Oct. 15, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said Thursday.

The bridge is staffed from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to midnight on weekends and holidays.

Visit www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/liftbridge/schedule.html for more information on the bridge and the lift schedule.

The 1931 two-lane bridge ferries interstate traffic to St. Croix County, Wis. Starting in spring 2018, the bridge will undergo a transformation into a bicycle/pedestrian path after a new four-lane bridge opens at Oak Park Heights.

The converted Lift Bridge will continue to operate to accommodate boat navigation.

For more information about the conversion go to www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/liftbridge/

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