39 this morning so the cold weather clothes came out. Ended up overdressing a little. Clear skies made for a nice sunrise.

Bridge construction has been a curse and blessing. Three bridges cross the river with two under construction. The smallest is out of town a ways where I live and its had daily closings for months but now its closed for three solid days. Been great for me, really cuts down on the traffic. The first bridge had lanes closed into Wisconsin for a month which hasn't really affected me but that changed today. Now it's closed heading to Minnesota which puts a good chunk of that traffic onto a narrow road I ride that normally sees very little traffic. Coming to work I was lucky with no traffic coming up behind me while the lane heading to the only open bridge was almost non-stop cars. I will have to take the lane for about a mile if someone comes up behind me. There just isn't room to be passed. Plus there's three rail crossings in that stretch. Going home I'll be riding the heavy traffic lane and will have to take the lane. Trying to figure out an alternate route but with the rails there's few crossings.