DELANO, Minn. — Delano's Bridge Avenue remains closed downtown Delano as the city prepared to put up floodwalls Tuesday.
The bridge closed Sunday, along with parts of 90th Street.
City Administrator Phil Kern said officials are keeping a close eye on the Crow River's levels and hoping there won't be more rain later in the week.
"It's been nine years since we've seen this kind of river level," Delano Mayor Holly Schrupp said. "Last fall, you could walk across the river and not gotten your ankles wet, and in the spring you get the melt — and this can happen."
As of Monday night, the river was hovering around 18.5 feet, but it's expected to crest around 19 feet on Wednesday.
Delano has a long history of flooding, including the last time the river was this high in 2014.
In more recent memory, the Crow River experienced major flooding in the spring of 2019, as ice dams threatened city infrastructure.
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