STILLWATER, MN — With the return of warm weather, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has resumed the Highway 36 Stillwater Lift Bridge summer hours. The Lift Bridge will be staffed full time from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to midnight on weekends and holidays until the end of the year's schedule sometime around Oct. 15.

During the lift season, the bridge will be raised on the following schedule: Weekdays

Every hour between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Every 30 minutes between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

At 4 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m.

Every 30 minutes between 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Weekends, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day At 8 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and at 9 a.m.

Every hour between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Every half hour between 8 p.m. and midnight MnDOT will respond to special openings after 10 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends and holidays, on a two-hour notice basis. Requests are to be made by telephoning MnDOT's 24 hour dispatcher at 651-234-7110. Any requests received by marine radio will be relayed by the bridge tender to the dispatcher.