Work on New Lansing Bridge Halted

Work on the new Mississippi River bridge from Lansing to Desoto, Wisconsin has stopped.

DOT engineer Clayton Burke says high water made conditions unsafe. He says Mother Nature will determine when the work gets underway again, but he says they might be losing weeks to a month of scheduled time.

Burke says the contractor will likely bring in multiple crews once the water goes down so they can work nights and weekends to make up for lost time. The new bridge was scheduled to be completed at the end of 2026.

Burke says around 29-hundred people cross the Lansing bridge each day. The bridge that’s being replaced at Lansing was closed for a time in February after two piers shifted and they had to be repaired.

story courtesy of Radio Iowa