With the
return of warm weather, the Stillwater Lift Bridge lift schedule will resume at 8 a.m. on Tue, May 15. The
schedule was changed this year following a test revision last summer by the
U.S. Coast Guard along with comments from the public.
The Lift
Bridge now will be staffed full time from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight seven days a
week until the end of the year’s schedule, sometime around Oct. 15.
MnDOT will
respond to special openings after 12 midnight every day on a two-hour notice
basis. Boaters must call MnDOT at 651-234-7110 a minimum of two hours in
advance to schedule a bridge lift outside the regularly scheduled lifts. Any
requests received by marine radio will be relayed by the bridge tender to the
dispatcher.
During the
periods of the day when the bridge is staffed, bridge tenders will monitor
channel 16 on the marine band radio. Upon receiving a call on channel 16,
conversations will be switched to channel 14.
During
rehabilitation of the Stillwater Lift bridge, efforts will be made to minimize
impacts to river traffic during the navigation season. Later this summer, span
six, which is located east of the lift bridge span, will be floated out of its
current location to provide an opening for boats to use while the lift bridge
span is being repaired.
For more information or a printable lift
schedule, please visit the Stillwater Lift Bridge website at www.mndot.gov/metro/projects/liftbridge/schedule.html.
For updated
road condition information, call 511 or visit www.511mn.org.
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