Multiple explosions demolished the County Road 9 bridge near the Rapidan Dam after last summer's breach that led to the dam's ...

The county said that explosive charges were used both to make that process quicker and to ensure the safety of workers, as it ...

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

State money may soon be on the way to help tear out the Rapidan Dam after it partially failed following severe flooding last summer. Blue Earth County officials have been working to secure funding ...

Engineers plan to start removal of the Rapidan Dam in 2027, after it failed during major flooding last year. After that, efforts to take down the dam would continue through 2028, according to a ...

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato ...

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 ...

MANKATO, Minn. — The bridge in Mankato that spans the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam is starting to come down. Crews began demolition work Tuesday, months after extreme flooding pushed ...