Hastings Bridge

The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently released an update on Hastings' Highway 61 bridge construction. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane in both directions through Thursday, June 12, at 5 p.m. Crews will be installing sensors and pucks for the bridge's anti-icing...

The Hastings bridge opened all four lanes this afternoon, slightly ahead of a previously announced Saturday opening. The southbound lanes opened first at about 4:30 p.m., followed by the northbound lanes about an hour and a half later. Aesthetic lighting is also visible this...

To the editor, So after six decades as the iconic symbol of our fair city, the Hastings bridge is headed for the dump. After seeing people hauling off pieces of concrete on the last day we were able to walk across it, don’t you think someone might pay five bucks for a small piece...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is planning to close Second Street between the east and west ramps to Highway 61 on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 23 and 24. The closure is required because of concrete overlay and subsequent work that needs to be done on the northbound bridge...

The latest concrete pour on the south approach of the new Hastings Bridge has been rescheduled to Saturday, Aug. 17. Second Street will be closed temporarily from the east ramp to the west ramp from 3 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to allow for safe access to and from the pour site for...

A significant concrete pour will occur on the south approach of the new Hastings Bridge on Aug. 15, causing a temporary road closure on Second Street from the east ramp to the west ramp from 3 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is the third and final of three pours over the span of about one...

MnDOT will be conducting a significant concrete pour on the south approach of the new Highway 61 bridge Aug. 10. Second Street will be closed temporarily from the east ramp to the west ramp from 3 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, to allow concrete trucks safe access to and from...

Last week, construction crews moved the causeway from the old Hastings Bridge to the existing bridge in order to continue demolition of "Big Blue." Crews will continue to remove the north approach deck and superstructure. This process is expected to last through mid-August. On...

The Hastings Bridge Project - three years in the making - has reached an exciting and critical milestone: late today, construction crews will reroute the southbound lane of traffic on Highway 61 onto the new Hastings Bridge. Approximately 24 hours later, crews will reroute the northbound...

The City of Hastings has received the tentative go-ahead from MnDOT or a bridge memorial event to commemorate the final hours of "Big Blue." If the weather cooperates, the bridge farewell processional will take place on Tuesday evening, June 4. Those interested in attending this historic...