[Music] the historic Wooddale Avenue Bridge over minihaha Creek will be replaced last month the council approved a memorandum of agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers St Paul district and the Minnesota state historic preservation office regarding the bridge the bridge was built in 1937 as a product of Depression era Federal relief program it was designated a local Heritage landmark by the Edina Heritage preservation commission however the bridge is deteriorating the railings do not meet current safety standards and the narrow deck is inadequate to safely accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists if we had the rehab it you can see the bridge in the background it has a steel Arch that right at the water line it's starting the rust so to get access to that rusted portion of the steel you'd have to remove those uh failing railings remove the street and you'd go down to basically a half Tin Can Arch and then repair it and at that point the whole bridge is ripped up you might as well put back something that meets our transportation needs for wider sidewalks buffered bike lanes and just more space for people to to use the bridge from a transportation stand point the Army Corps of Engineers and the state historic preservation office have agreed the bridge can be replaced however the memorandum of agreement requires the city to document the bridge for historic purposes and and put up an informational sign near the bridge detailing its history