Desoto Bridge Closed

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For anyone in Saint Cloud this is a huge hassel.

Last night they closed the DeSoto bridge indefinitely. This is the main HWY 23 bridge going over the Mississippi in downtown ST Cloud (also known as Division St).

This article here says more details.

It was designed by the same group that did the 35W bridge and the gussets show 1/4 deflection that is unexplained. Probably no risk of collapse but they do not yet know if it can be repaired.

Here is an interesting explanation of how the gusset plates work.