Since the Rockford bridge has gone under construction for at least 5 or 6 months, RRMR students, along with everyone else, will have to take a very different route to get from one side of town to the other. The bridge is being redone, because it has started falling apart on the supports. The detour for the east side of Rockford is on 210th St. to Hickory Ave. south of Marble Rock, then from Marble Rock west on 270th St. to Dancer. Another way to take is go north of town and take gravel. The only problem with gravel is the Iowa Department of Transportation does not recommend taking gravel, because of the frost rising out of the ground around this time of the year. The bridge being out means the commute for the west side of town students is no longer 5 minutes or less; it has become a 20 minute drive. “I feel like it wouldn’t be as bad if they would reopen the old gas station downtown. I also wish they would have put the temporary bridge up.” -Nic Freeman, Senior at RRMR
Picture taken at 11:07A.M. April 5, 2013
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