Traffic & Transit
Stillwater Lift Bridge Schedule Begins May 15
New "bridge tenders" — or people who operate the bridge — need to be trained in before the season begins.
STILLWATER, MN — The 2020 Stillwater Lift Bridge season will begin at 8 a.m. on May 15, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced. Until then, new "bridge tenders" — or people who operate the bridge — will be trained in.
Until then, MnDOT will lift the bridge with a 24-hour notification at (651) 234-7110.
When the season begins, the bridge will open every 30 minutes between 8 a.m. and midnight, seven days a week. Lift bridge season will end in October.
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Special requests outside of that time will need to be called with two hours' notice.
Requests via marine radio should be called in via channel 16.
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