Dumb Construction and Browndale Bridge

There is Construction everywhere!!

As my Mercedes sped past the police station and over the hill onto Browndale Street, I flipped my blinker on and waited to make my left hand turn into beautiful Edina Country club neighborhood. When I searched at oncoming traffic, out of the corner of my eye I saw men in bright orange jackets working on the bridge into the neighborhood. As I gave them the “get the hell out of the road” eye, I noticed the bridge was exited off. I quickly merged back into a lane and drifted back into traffic.

Sadly enough, I really don’t own a Mercedes or a driver’s license, but my above frustrations are reality for the paying residents. The renovation does not come without a hefty cost to residents, a total of $ 460,000 for a 31 foot long bridge. The100 year old bridge is being replaced by a replica of the original which had became a crumbling hazard to the many drivers who crossed it.

Some students must go around the bridge many times a day and are becoming frustrated with the construction.

Workers are still removing and replacing the crumbling bridge which will not be finished until the end of October.