The Minnesota Department of Transportation and Wisconsin Department of Transportation are hosting a joint public virtual meeting to discuss the replacement of the Blatnik Bridge.
That island full of birds you can see from the Blatnik Bridge is actually an important breeding ground for Great Lakes birds. There's an effort underway to restore it.
The Superior Police Department posted on their Facebook page at 7am this morning that the Duluth Bound Lanes are closed on the bridge due to several accidents.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is advising no travel on either the Blatnik Bridge or Bong Bridge as well as all major highways around the area Thursday evening.
This is a pretty terrifying thought for those of us who commute over a bridge each day here in the Twin Ports. There has been at least two instances in the last decade where a vehicle careened off a bridge and over the guard rail.
Often times on social media you will see electronic road signs that have legitimately been hacked saying something inappropriate, but a local sign was the work of Photoshop.