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Published June 23, 2012, 12:00 AM

2012 Flood

Images from the flood of 2012


Old North Shore Road, inland from the Highway 61 Expressway at Homestead Road in Duluth Township, was completely washed out Wednesday morning at Schmidt Creek. While some roads may have remained intact during the storm, the next few weeks are expected to show how much hidden damage was done in the area.

  • Old North Shore Road, inland from the Highway 61 Expressway at Homestead Road in Duluth Township, was completely washed out Wednesday morning at Schmidt Creek. While some roads may have remained intact during the storm, the next few weeks are expected to show how much hidden damage was done in the area.
  • A crew from the Minnesota Department of Transport-ation surveyed damage at Silver Creek Wednesday morning on Minnesota Highway 61 north of Two Harbors, just before the Silver Cliff tunnel. Conditions on the main highway along the North Shore are tenuous, with roadsides washed away at nearly every stream and river and debris littering the aprons.
  • A raging Knife River pounded the bridge at the Highway 61 Expressway all day Wednesday, forcing its shutdown until it can be inspected for safety. The detours is on to Scenic Highway 61 through Knife River.
  • Whole trees and limbs jabbed at a Knife River bridge in Knife River Wednesday, where people flocked to view the spectacle of the raging waters and debris strewn across Scenic Highway 61.
  • A car rests on an exposed culvert Wednesday at Clark Road and Silver Creek north of Two Harbors where the road washed out. East Alger Grade in the area also washed out as the creek swelled Tuesday night. Lake County officials said Thursday that at least a quarter of county roads were damaged by high water this week. Damage was estimated at $7 million. The driver of the car was hospitalized. There was no word on that person’s condition. (Photo courtesy Carl Neer)