since she went up for the Joseph H Block. Actually, i presume until shortly after the Block went under the bridge since it did start to go down more coming. Go here to see the live video of the bridge; not a lot of action but.
The bridge is now operable at 7:33 pm
Power went out during an electrical storm; perhaps after the Block went under and the bridge had started to go down. For some reason, it was not level and at that point, as a safety measure, the descent is automatically stopped. They then had to manually lower the bridge or actually lower at least one side until it became level. That happened and it appeared that they then turned the job over to the computer again and she came down without a problem; cars and people started over immediately and there was lots of horns honking. The bridge even blew her whistle to presumably thank everyone for their patience.
8:10 the Bridge was raised, presumably to test it. It appeared to work.
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Thanks for the coverage, and for letting us view the situation with your narration…you provide a great service for Duluth, and a unique one at that! No one else was there to help, but this was the first place I should have checked, anyway.
Has the bridge ever been inoperable before for that length of time, especially in the up position? Anyone know?