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Broadway Avenue Bridge (Old)

Brown County, Minnesota

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Broadway Avenue Bridge (Old)

Photo from The Bridges of New Ulm

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #469939

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt+Howe Hybrid deck truss bridge over Cottonwood River on Broadway Avenue
Location
New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1932; Replaced 1983
Design
Pratt+Howe Hybrid deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 660.0 ft.
Also called
MN15 Cottonwood River Bridge (Old)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.28194, -94.43554   (decimal degrees)
44°16'55" N, 94°26'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/385453/4904190 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Ulm
Inventory number
BH 74102 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Brown County, Minnesota (27)
Built 1932 (963)
Built during 1930s (11,749)
Cottonwood River (Minnesota) (22)
Deck truss (1,732)
Lost (24,744)
Lost 1983 (106)
 Lost during 1980s (1,372)
Minnesota (1,520)
New Ulm, Minnesota (11)
Owned by city (5,402)
Replaced by new bridge (16,586)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Truss (32,794)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs

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