Business View Magazine - Sept 2023

24 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 9 espite the gray skies and chilly wind that felt more like fall was on the way instead of summer, Mike Hahn felt the warm sense of pride as he looked at his team’s accomplishment. “I mean that’s what we’re here for, right?” Hahn said moments before a crowd of several hundred people sang, cheered, and smiled for their new bridge, spanning the Menasha Channel about 20 miles south of Green Bay. Hahn, who is Vice President of Lunda Construction and serves on the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association Board of Directors, had just overseen the two-year install of a unique bascule lift bridge. The $33 million project replaced a 70-year- old structure and will help connect Menasha’s downtown business district with a rapidly developing part of the city. “We all want to provide a product that everybody’s proud of and the community can use,” Hahn explained. D Built to Last: Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association’s expertise, longevity provide driving force behind state’s economy for nearly a century