The first explosives charge at the bridge rang out like a starting gun, followed by the ratatat drumbeat of smaller explosions. The smoke cleared, revealing the concrete and steel beams of County Road ...

Demolition efforts for the bridge near the failed Rapidan Dam are underway in Blue Earth County. On Wednesday, controlled explosives went off, severing the bridge beams of County Road 9 ...

Water in the Blue Earth River flows around the the Rapidan Dam southwest of Mankato, Minn., on June 24 threatening the integrity of the dam, the County Road 9 Bridge as well as a house on the west ...

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it ... that ripped away a bank of the Blue Earth River on the dam’s west side on June 24.

Explosives were used to destroy the beams of County Road 9 Bridge, Blue ... Blue Earth River below. County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam ...

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

A thunderous boom and a large billow of dark-gray smoke rising in the air marked the quick demise of steel beams that had held up the Blue Earth County 9 bridge just upstream from the Rapidan Dam.

Blue Earth County officials shared footage of the County Road 9 bridge demolition on Wednesday. The bridge was set to be replaced after the nearby Rapidam Dam was breached in June 2024. The rushing ...

Blue Earth County recently hired Barr Engineering to plan the removal of the Rapidan Dam. Removal of the dam won’t be finished until 2028 as the county is still looking for FEMA funds.