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Betty Adkins Bridge
Betty Adkins Bridge is a pair of concrete girder bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Otsego, Minnesota and Elk River, Minnesota. The northbound bridge was built in 2001, replacing a plate girder bridge that was originally built in 1967 as a two-lane bridge for Minnesota State Highway 101 when the highway was rerouted around Elk River. The southbound bridge was built in 1993 when Highway 101 was expanded to four lanes.
The bridge is named for Betty Adkins, a DFL state senator from St. Michael,
between Otsego and Elk River the Betty Adkins Bridge.
She died in Buffalo, Minnesota on October 29, 2001, from Alzheimer's disease.