TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – State transportation planners want to replace three bridges on the heavily traveled Highway 35 corridor — a shortcut that links Trempealeau through backwater swamps with LaCrosse. At a packed public listening session, people expressed displeasure at the 10-mile route straight shot being closed for two years. The only detour would be 16 miles via Centerville. Paul Valenti, who conducted the listening session, said the bridges were built in 1953 and are near the end of their useful life.
Heavy lack mark. Where three aging bridges cross the Black River and creeks and backwater swamps.
