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

The BriefThe County Road 9 bridge near the destroyed Rapidan Dam was demolished with explosives on Wednesday.The Blue Earth ...

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

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

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

The bridge next to Rapidan Dam in Minnesota was brought down using explosives after suffering severe flood damage in 2024.

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC/Gray News) - A bridge in Minnesota damaged during this summer’s severe flooding was brought down with ...

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.

County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were at risk of crumbling after last year's deluge. Residents had used the roughly 40 ...

MANKATO, Minnesota: This week, workers used explosives to destroy the remains of a damaged bridge in southern Minnesota. The ...

MANKATO, Minn — Contractors on Wednesday blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that almost collapsed last summer after a bout of heavy rain that prompted a federal ...