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2. Possible New Mississippi River Bridge Anoka County has proposed locating a new Mississippi River bridge in Ramsey at the location that was agreed upon by Ramsey and Dayton. The County proposed alignment for this bridge would generally be the southerly extension of an alternative alignment to Armstrong Boulevard through right -of -way already owned by Anoka County. In addition to crossing the river, the bridge could offer grade- separated crossings of the BNSF railroad tracks and TH 10/169. In the scenario proposed by Anoka County, Armstrong Boulevard would be upgraded and become part of the State's trunk highway system. Mn/DOT has not yet agreed with eithhx the new river crossing or the highway jurisdictional changes referenced in the AnqMaalty Plan. The Major River Crossings Study Report of 1989 by the Transpgion AWsory Board indicated that projected traffic volumes on Highway 10 warrant additional bridge crossing. With the improvements to the 610 Bridgejirdpe ney east -west highway through Brooklyn Park coordinated efforts to stuff goE �� al needs and solutions to the River Crossing issue should continue.JJublicnion in Ramsey strongly favors a new bridge. The Ramsey C' n as also expressed strong support for a new Mississippi River Bridge c_ sing. — The City of Ramsey worked cooperatively h the C y of Dayton and prepared a letter of agreement on a location of a future Mec irridor that would run through vacant land approximately % of ahVle west of thworridor originally proposed in the Anoka County 2015 Transportationn. The Comprehensive Plans for the Cities of Dayton and Ramsey are consistenfwitftspect to locating a future Mississippi River Crossing. This location is generalillustxed in Figure VI -2. Another critical component Qstucing improved crossing of the Mississippi River is adherence to the State.nd&dad regulations of the Mississippi River according to the Wild and–Scenicaiver&Abrand Critical Areas Act. Essentially, these acts require that prior to plann jn additional river crossing, all alternative solutions to improving trafobresif associated with the river be studied including expanding the existingeossi d adding an additional bridge adjacent to existing crossings. The purvse the corridor study would be to pursue these and other alternatives. 2008 Comprehensive Plan 2008 Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Page VI -12 -295-