Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 45.563176,-94.146659
Carries Pedestrian route over Mn 23
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 155.8 Feet
Span Length: 76.1 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Mn 23 on Pedestrian route
History: Built 1958
Built: 1958
Location: Benton County
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192135
Overview
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
192136
South pier
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
192137
Oblique view
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
192138
Barrel view
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192139
Side view with pier
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
192140
Side view
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 45.563573,-94.145650
Carries BNSF Railroad over Mn 23
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 95.5 Feet
Span Length: 37.7 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Mn 23 on BNSF Railroad
History: Built 1958
Built: 1958
Location: Benton County
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192134
Overview at night
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 45.615833,-94.201389
Carries 1st Street NE (CSAH 29) over Mississippi River; BNSF Railroad; Riverside Drive
Design: beam/stringer
Design Details: Stringer
Total Length: 1173.0 Feet
Span Length: 120.1 Feet
Overview: Stringer bridge over Mississippi River; BNSF Railroad; Riverside Drive on 1st Street NE (CSAH 29)
History: Built 1983 replacing the 1914 Sartell Bridge located 700 feet upstream
Built: 1983
Location: Benton County
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Status: Closed to all traffic; Future unknown as paper mill is being demolished to make way for development
Location: 45.618009,-94.203147
Carries over Mississippi River
Design: truss/through/camelback
Design Details: Camelback Pratt through truss bridge with A-frame portal bracing
Total Length: 587.0 Feet
Span Length: 135.0 Feet
Overview: Camelback through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Pipeline (formerly Sartell Street)
History: Built in 1914; Closed to truck traffic in 1950; Made obsolete by a new bridge built 700 feet downstream in 1983; Converted to pedestrian traffic in 1984; Later closed to all traffic- now utility lines cross it.
Built: 1914
Location: Benton County
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191826
Behind the trees
The bridge has a cream color, which makes it noticeable from behind the trees
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191827
Oblique view of the southern span
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191828
Portal view of the northern span
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191829
Builder's plaque
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191830
Oblique view
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191831
Side view of the complete bridge
The following were taken from the 1983 structure
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191832
Side view of the center span
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191833
Side view of the south span
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191834
The center panels of the center span
Evidence that this bridge is a camelback
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191835
Oblique view of the south span
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
191836
Oblique view of the south span II
Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010
Status: WB span replaced by new concrete spans
Location: 45.820330,-94.285775
Carries BNSF Railway over Platte River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: 4-35' Deck plate girders (EB)
4-35' Concrete T-Beams (WB)
Total Length: 144.0 Feet
Span Length: 35.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Platte River on BNSF Railway
History: WB and EB spans built 1918, WB spans replaced ca. 2005
Built: 1918
Location: Benton County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 45.683587,-94.180574
Carries BNSF Railway over Little Rock Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: 3 span Deck plate girder with concrete slab approaches (2 tracks)
Total Length: 147.0 Feet
Span Length: 52.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Little Rock Creek on BNSF Railway
History: EB and WB spans built 1911
Built: 1911
Location: Benton County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge in 1977
Location: 45.747790,-94.261750
Carries 125th Street over Mississippi River
Design: truss/through/pennsylvania
Design Details: Pennsylvania through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Mississippi River on 125th Street
History:
Built:
Location: Benton County
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455071
Rice Bridge
St. Cloud Times: March 3 1976
455072
Rice Bridge
Article
St. Cloud Times: March 3 1976
455073
Rice Bridge
St. Cloud Times: March 3 1976
455074
Rice Bridge
Article
St. Cloud Times: March 3 1976
455075
Rice Bridge
St. Cloud Times: November 10 1976
455076
Rice Bridge
Article
St. Cloud Times: November 10 1976
455077
Rice Bridge
St. Cloud Times: June 21 1977
455078
Rice Bridge
St. Cloud Times: June 21 1977
455079
Rice Bridge
Article
St. Cloud Times: June 21 1977
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 45.588298,-94.170266
Carries 9th Avenue North over Mississippi River
Design: truss/deck/howe
Design Details: Arched Howe deck truss bridge
Total Length: 565.0 Feet
Span Length: 175.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Howe deck truss bridge over Mississippi River on 9th Avenue North
History: Built 1942; closed 2007 after I-35W Bridge collapse; demolished & replaced by UCEB 2008
Built: 1942
Location: Benton County
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470971
Sauk Rapids Bridge
View beside bridge
Photo taken by Wikimedia Commons user Daveswagon in August 2006
Status:
Location: 45.548787,-94.146947
Carries Tenth Street over Mississippi River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Tenth Street
History:
Built:
Location: Benton County
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491820
Tenth Street Bridge
Photo from old postcard
491821
Tenth Street Bridge
Photo from old postcard
491822
Tenth Street Bridge
Photo from USC Library
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
