Commuters will have time to plan new routes before traffic is impacted along the main span of the 40-year-old structure.

A Twin Cities engineering firm hired to design the demise of the Rapidan Dam expects it to disappear by the end of 2028 — 118 years after the structure was completed southwest of Mankato, Minn.

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