The New I-94 and Highway 10 Interregional Connection Bridge is a proposed bridge that will span the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 near Clearwater, Minnesota

Clearwater, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 858 people, 327 households, and 223 families residing in the city. The population density was 740.9 people per square mile . There were 355 housing units at an average density of 306.5 per square mile...

. The existing two-lane Highway 24 Bridge

Highway 24 Bridge

The Highway 24 Bridge is a steel girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Clearwater, Minnesota and Clear Lake, Minnesota. It was designed and built in 1958 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The bridge is longer than any other bridge upstream of the Richard P. Braun...

 serves as a major route for weekend recreational traffic transferring between Interstate 94

Interstate 94

Interstate 94 is the northernmost east–west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. I-94's western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S...

 and US Highway 10. As such, it is badly over capacity and congestion is predicted to worsen on weekdays as the area becomes developed. To relieve congestion, a new freeway connection is proposed. Construction is currently proposed for the 2015-2023 timeframe, but may be sped up as this is considered a high priority project and more funding for transportation projects has recently become available due to a Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 gasoline tax increase. It is not known if this crossing will carry the MN 24 designation or a different number, as the present highway between Clear Lake

Clear Lake, Minnesota

Clear Lake is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 545 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 1.23% is water.U.S...

and Clearwater would undoubtedly be transferred to the local jurisdiction.