00:00Minnesota Governor Tim Walz joining Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, breaking ground on the $1.8 billion Blotnick Bridge replacement project.
00:08The economic development that it's going to create, not just from the building of it, but from all of the
00:14transportation that goes across it, is immense.
00:16Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, gubernatorial candidate as well, spoke about the significance of the bridge beyond economics.
00:22Every day, more than 30,000 cars and trucks pass over this bridge, and every year, almost $4 billion worth
00:32of goods cross this bridge.
00:34I'm thinking about the school teacher from Duluth who takes a bridge to get to Superior High School, or the
00:42senior citizens in Superior who gets rides over the bridge to get to doctor's appointments.
00:48The bridge opened to traffic back in 1961 and is considered an essential link between Superior and Duluth via Interstate
00:56535 and U.S. 53.
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