The Minnesota Department of Transportation released this video last week about one of the more fascinating jobs in the state — the guy who runs the Stillwater Lift Bridge.
Like the lighthouse keepers before them, eventually the last bridges requiring humans to operate them will likely disappear.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins