The Black River winds north through central Koochiching County, a quiet, largely undeveloped waterway in the Rainy River watershed.
The Black River winds northward through the central part of Koochiching County, one of the many waterways that shape this corner of northern Minnesota.
The Black River Bridge carries the Fiero Truck Trail over the tea-colored Black River on a one-lane timber deck in Pine Island State Forest.
The Black River Bridge carries the Fiero Truck Trail over the Black River on a one-lane timber deck in Pine Island State Forest, announced by a brown routed-letter sign at the approach. Koochiching County’s highway records identify the crossing as county Bridge No. 36506 on the County Road 101 corridor, one of the individually flagged bridges on the county’s load-posting map.
The county’s 2021 Prioritized Bridge Replacement Schedule listed 36506 among its deficient bridges slated for replacement — an $800,000 project with a proposed construction year of 2026 — though the old timber crossing was still carrying traffic in the... Read more
