The first explosives charge at the bridge rang out like a starting gun, followed by the ratatat drumbeat of smaller ...

Multiple explosions demolished the County Road 9 bridge near the Rapidan Dam after last summer's breach that led to the dam's ...

Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled ...

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato, Minn.

A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had ...

Blue Earth County officials shared footage of the County Road 9 bridge demolition on Wednesday. The bridge was set to be ...

Contractors blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that nearly collapsed during heavy rains last summer.

Heavy rain back in June 2024 caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side. Erosion around the ...

The bridge was set to be replaced after the nearby Rapidam Dam was breached in June 2024. The rushing water destroyed an Xcel Energy substation and caused a home along the bank to fall into the river.

A subcontractor of the company hired to remove the County Road 9 bridge over the Blue Earth River used explosive charges to ...