Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 45.490278,-94.025278
Carries 54th Street (MN 418) over Elk River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 81.0 Feet
Span Length: 79.1 Feet
Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Elk River on 54th Street (MN 418)
History: Built 1915
Built: 1915
Location: Sherburne County
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Status: Replaced by gross concrete eyesore
Location: 45.544237,-93.804885
Carries CR 64 over St. Francis River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 103.0 Feet
Span Length: 98.1 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over St. Francis River on CR 64
History: Built 1915
Built: 1915
Location: Sherburne County
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103527
Overview
Photo taken Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007 by Bruce Thorson
103528
Side view
Photo taken Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007 by Bruce Thorson
111351
Oblique view
These 2000 photos were taken when the bridge was still open to traffic. Some friends of ours knew of this bridge and our hobby as bridge photographers and took us to this structure.- JS
Photo taken in 2000 by Jason and Birgit Smith
111352
South approach
Photo taken in 2000 by Jason and Birgit Smith
111353
View of the flooring
Photo taken in 2000 by Jason and Birgit Smith
Status: Intact but closed to all traffic
Location: 45.536724,-93.689513
Carries Local road at wildlife refuge just off CSAH 5 over St. Francis River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over St. Francis River on a local road at wildlife refuge just off CSAH 5
History: Built ca. 1900
Built: ca. 1900
Location: Sherburne County
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113281
Overview
Photo taken in 2000 by Jason and Birgit Smith
113282
Close-up of flooring and deck truss
Photo taken in 2000 by Jason and Birgit Smith
113283
Endpost with inscriptions
Photo taken in 2000 by Jason and Birgit Smith
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 45.322298,-93.650119
Carries BNSF Railway over Elk River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: EB: 4 Span Concrete T-Beam 180' (former bridge 137', 2 spans)
WB: 2 Span Deck plate girder 144'
Total Length: 144.0 Feet
Span Length: 70.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Elk River on BNSF Railway
History: EB (GN) Spans built 1896, replaced ca. 2001, WB (NP) Spans built 1917
Built: 1896
Location: Sherburne County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 45.301225,-93.565443
Carries Parrish Avenue over Mississippi River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 540.0 Feet
Span Length: 266.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Parrish Avenue
History: Built 1909
Built: 1906
Location: Sherburne County
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470968
Mississippi River Bridge
1909 view
Photo from old postcard
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 45.303950,-93.585712
Carries Main Street over Elk River
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Concrete stringer bridge over Mississippi River on Parrish Avenue
History: Built 1919; Replaced 1992
Built: 1919
Location: Sherburne County
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496614
Mississippi River Bridge
Photo from old postcard
496615
Elk River Bridge
HAER Photo
496616
Elk River Bridge
HAER Photo
496617
Elk River Bridge
builders plaque
HAER Photo
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.
