Ribbon Cutting To Reopen Dillon’s Normal Street Bridge Set For Friday, October 10 At 1:00 p.m.

The Beaverhead Trails Coalition (BTC), in partnership with the City of Dillon, will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the Normal Street Bridge on Friday, October 10 at 1:00 p.m. (MT). Community members, partners, and the media are invited to attend on site at the bridge on Normal Street between Washington and Pacific Streets. The new span restores a vital walking and biking connection across the Dillon Canal.

The Normal Street Bridge has long served residents on Dillon’s southwest side and is a key link in a safe walk/bike route that connects historic neighborhoods, the University of Montana Western campus, and the hospital. After years of deferred maintenance, the previous bridge was deemed unsafe and removed in the winter of 2022–23; the new structure reestablishes that connection and advances BTC’s vision of a community with easy access to active transportation.