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Thompson Bridge webcam
Here is the link to the construction of the new Thompson, North Dakota bridge. I wrote about the bridge recently and thought you might like to watch the new bridge being built. oxblue.com/pro/open/pol...
Posted on 4/28/10 at 6:10 AM
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Dalrymple to FEMA: Add Grand Forks County to disaster declaration PressPass

Dalrymple to FEMA: Add Grand Forks County to disaster declaration City engineer on Kennedy Bridge: 'We think we'll be able to handle 52 feet'
As Grand Forks County crews were delivering 75,000 empty sandbags Tuesday to residents living in what is commonly known as the Burke Addition, just south of Grand Forks, Gov. Jack Dalrymple was asking FEMA Region 8 Administrator Robin Finegan to add the county to the 2011 presidential disaster declaration.

By Kevin Bonham , April 12, 2011

UPDATE: Thompson Bridge comes tumbling, tumbling down

UPDATE: Thompson Bridge comes tumbling, tumbling down Blast heard for miles around
The old Thompson Bridge was imploded Friday morning. The Red River bridge, which connects Grand Forks County Road 7 with Polk County State Aid Highway 9, was replaced by a $7.2 million bridge in early October.

By Kevin Bonham , February 04, 2011

New Thompson Bridge opens south of GF PressPass

New span over Red River is 13 feet higher than old structure
Located about 15 miles southeast of Grand Forks, the bridge connects Polk County State Aid Highway 9 in Minnesota with Grand Forks County Road 7 in North Dakota. Some 1,100 vehicles a day regularly cross the river there.

By Kevin Bonham , October 01, 2010

North and South feature new bridges PressPass

North and South feature new bridges The new Thompson Bridge over the Red River will open for traffic on Friday morning. Meanwhile, construction continues on the new $27 million Drayton, N.D., bridge over the Red River.

By Kevin Bonham , September 30, 2010

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Thompson Bridge opens Friday PressPass

The new Thompson Bridge over the Red River will open for traffic on Friday morning.

By Herald Staff Report , September 29, 2010

Thompson Bridge to be detoured during upgrade PressPass

Thompson Bridge to be detoured during upgrade Traffic over the Thompson Bridge south of Grand Forks will be detoured for about three weeks beginning Tuesday, the day after Labor Day.

By Kevin Bonham , August 31, 2010

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Corps: F-M diversion could add 16 to 21 inches to Red River crest at Thompson Bridge PressPass

The proposed $1.5 billion Fargo-Moorhead diversion project could add 16 to 21 inches to a Red River crest at the Thompson Bridge south of Grand Forks during a 100-year or 50-year flood event, according to the latest preliminary downstream impact analysis released today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

By Kevin Bonham , August 03, 2010

A bird’s eye view PressPass

A bird’s eye view From the air, it appears that the flood of 2010 is just a trickle
at least in the northern valley — compared with the floods of 2009, 2006 and especially 1997. The Herald took an aerial snapshot of the flooding on Monday with Dan Geist of Crookston Aviation Service, who piloted a Cessna 172 over the northern valley, from the Thompson Bridge, south of Grand Forks, to Drayton, N.D.

By Kevin Bonham , March 22, 2010

New Thompson bridge will be high and dry PressPass

New Thompson bridge will be high and dry When the Thompson Bridge closed Friday morning, it left Grand Forks and Polk counties with just one Red River crossing. That won’t be a problem in 2011 and beyond.

By Kevin Bonham , March 19, 2010

More bridges closing PressPass

More bridges closing Travel between North Dakota and Minnesota is being threatened by the rising Red River, as more bridges are being closed or threatened and roads are being swamped by floodwaters.

By Herald Staff Reports , March 19, 2010

Fighting an old friend in Minto PressPass

Fighting an old friend in Minto The rising Forest River has left about 17 inches of water in the streets of Minto, N.D., the North Dakota Department of Transportation said.

March 18, 2010

GF County Commission sets sights on I-29 interchange bridge PressPass

With the Thompson Bridge over the Red River now under construction, the Grand Forks County Commission on Tuesday took the lead on what could be the next major bridge construction project in the county — an interchange along I-29 at Merrifield Road.

By Kevin Bonham , November 03, 2009

New Thompson Bridge bids come in more than $1 million below estimates PressPass

The new Thompson Bridge will be built in the next 14 months, without dipping too deeply into local taxpayers’ pockets.

By Kevin Bonham , August 17, 2009

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Point Bridge, Thompson Bridge open PressPass

All three bridges connecting Grand Forks and East Grand Forks were open Friday for the first time since March 24. “It’s like everyone got a Christmas gift,” said Gary Larson, East Grand Forks assistant fire chief.

April 17, 2009

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Thompson Bridge will reopen Friday PressPass

April 16, 2009

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