Biden visits Blatnik Bridge, highlights $1 trillion infrastructure law in Twin Ports visit

SUPERIOR, Wis. - President Joe Biden made a decaying but vital connector between the port cities of Duluth and Superior a cornerstone of his speech in Superior on Wednesday - the first presidential visit to the city in nearly a century.

Biden, in his first public stop since Tuesday's State of the Union address, highlighted the $1 trillion infrastructure law he signed in November and how it will help the 60-year-old Blatnik Bridge, already operating with load restrictions and in need of truss repair. The law would send about $4.8 billion to Minnesota and an estimated $5.4 billion to Wisconsin for roads and bridges over the next five years.

The Blatnik Bridge, which the Democratic president visited before his arrival at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, is an important link for the region's economy, Biden said.

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