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The St. Croix bridge bridge project -- in the works for half a century -- is going back to the drawing board again. Businesses and residents in the Stillwater area and in western Wisconsin are still digesting a federal court ruling that puts the planned bridge on hold. The Sierra Club brought the suit.
Plans for new St. Croix bridge headed back to drawing board
Plans for a new St. Croix bridge near Stillwater appear to be heading back to the drawing board after a judge characterized the new bridge's visual effect as "dramatic and disruptive," contrary to the rivers protections under a federal program.