Minnesota passed away unexpectedly on Thursday
in Rochester to Emil and Mable (Wanke) Miller
Marian grew up attending District 78 Olmsted County School through 6th grade and graduated from Rochester Central High School in 1951
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<a class="fullscreen" href="/news/story/51643/20250425/route-56-between-potsdam-and-tupper-lake-could-reopen-as-soon-as-tuesday"></a>Apr 25
The closed stretch of highway between Stark Road and Sevey Road on Route 56 could reopen as early as Tuesday
according to the state Department of Transportation
The highway is the main road between the Canton-Potsdam area and Tupper Lake
after a plow driver noticed a hole in the road about five miles north of Seveys Corners
While the hole was only about five feet wide
a 30-foot-long piece of road beneath it had collapsed at least eight feet down
"[It was] a bit worrisome because there was no gravel supporting the blacktop that was there," he said
<a class="noslideshow fancybox" data-fancybox="" title="Crews have been working to replace a stretch of road above the culvert. The teal film on the rocks and ground is hyrdoseed material to regrow grass and plants after construction. Photo: David Sommerstein" href="https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/images/IMG_7748.jpeg"></a>Crews have been working to replace a stretch of road above the culvert
The teal film on the rocks and ground is hyrdoseed material to regrow grass and plants after construction
Photo: David SommersteinDOT closed the road that night
crews were onsite to dig down roughly 23 feet and expose the culvert running beneath the road
and we made the determination that since we had it exposed&mdash;it's a 100-year-old box culvert that was down there
it was constructed in 1928&mdash;that now is the time to replace it with a new structure," he said
Sand and gravel had gotten into the crack and caused it to collapse
Haynes added that previous construction also contributed to the road's damage
This stretch of Route 56 was reconstructed in the 1980s
crews decided to leave the existing road and build the new road over the top
"What we feel occurred was the materials under that existing concrete road that's down there 8 to 10 feet
sucked out of the bank over many decades," Haynes said
<a class="noslideshow fancybox" data-fancybox="" title="Robert Haynes is the Region 7 director for the DOT. He said the department has been working hard to get the road back open. Photo: David Sommerstein" href="https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/images/IMG_7796.jpeg"></a>Robert Haynes is the Region 7 director for the DOT
He said the department has been working hard to get the road back open
Photo: David SommersteinCrews dug out the old road in the section and filled it in from the top of the culvert to what will be the new road
Haynes said the newly installed culvert is bigger than the previous one
The bottom of the culvert is filled with materials that are similar to the stream bed
Haynes said on Friday that crews are planning to finish up their work within the next few days
though the road's opening could be delayed by weather or other unforeseen circumstances
He said they will pave the road on Monday and Tuesday
crews will finish installing new guardrails
The highway will be down to one lane when crews are working
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