This is the Minnesota State highway MN-41 bridge crossing the Minnesota River on the south side of Chaska, Minnesota. As of August, 2006, this bridge no longer exists. It once connected the city of Chaska on the north to US-169 on the south. It has the honor of being the second most busy 2-lane highway bridge in Minnesota, second after the Hastings High Bridge.

This bridge was still serviceable, but it needed some serious maintenance attention. In addition, highway traffic has grown beyond what this bridge could handle. MN-DOT very much wanted a four lane bridge at this location. When the cost of repairs of the bridge was considered, and options for adding lanes were compared, it became clear that it would cost less in the long run to simply replace this bridge with a modern four lane bridge.

The replacement started by building a new two lane span for northbound traffic just downriver from this bridge. Once traffic was moved to the new bridge, this old bridge was removed, and the space was used to build the new southbound lanes. This complex sequence of events allowed two lanes of traffic to be open during the entire bridge replacement project.