University Of Minnesota Working To Make Washington Avenue Bridge Safer

CBS Minnesota

March 12, 2025

The Washington Avenue bridge connects Gophers from both sides of the University of Minnesota. One Twin Cities woman says her daughter also used that bridge to take her own life and is begging for a permanent fixture.

"Kayla was 29 at the time, and she took a drive from Shakopee to the bridge that connects the east and west bank at the University of Minnesota," MJ Weiss Blair, the mother of Kayla Gaebel, said. "She was bright, educated, loving. Ahe was a mom of two kids."

Weiss Blair has since developed her own nonprofit advocating for suicide awareness.

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