Two Bridges, (Soon One), Now Only One! Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/14/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Two bridges, one open, one not. Soon, their roles and uses, will be reversed.

Now, the roles are reversed, and the old is now serving a new purpose - an observation point.

There will soon be a new bridge connecting Sauk Rapids and Saint Cloud. Work on the new bridge has been progressing ahead of schedule.

The old bridge was built in 1942 and is now considered structurally deficient. This is true of many bridges in Minnesota as we are finding out in light of the terrible events of the past weeks.

The New Sauk Rapids Bridge is a bridge currently being built across the Mississippi River in the United States city of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Construction began on September 26, 2005, and the bridge is scheduled to be completed and opened in November of 2007. The new bridge is set to replace the existing Sauk Rapids Bridge, located a short distance downriver, which will be demolished in the fall of 2007.

The new span will rely heavily on steel for its construction rather than concrete to reduce the number of piers needed to be placed in the river. This design choice will increase the project cost by $2.3 million USD to a total cost estimated at $56.63 million.

The new bridge will improve upon what is arguably a design flaw in the previous bridge by landing beyond the BNSF Railway on the east bank of the river. This will prevent traffic from being disrupted during train crossings, a frequent problem with the current bridge.

The original design of the bridge was hotly contested between Benton County and the City of Sauk Rapids, and the dispute was nearly taken to court. The county had wished that the bridge land beyond Benton Drive (Sauk Rapids' "main street") on Second Avenue and connect with Second Street North. The city feared that such a design would adversely affect businesses in the downtown area and desired instead that the bridge land on Benton Drive. Control of the project was eventually handed over to the city, and it was elected that the bridge pass over the BNSF Railway, land on Benton Drive, and connect with Second Street North.

Interesting websites with pictures:

www.visi.com/~jweeks/headwaters/pages03/newsaukrapids.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sauk_Rapids_Bridge

www.ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BC8796494-CF05-47B6-9606-50A8E300FBF5%7D

This cache could almost be considered a companion cache to "What Bridge?"(GC150R4) by big red_librarian.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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