Rating:
No votes cast

6th Street Bridge (Older)

Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Photo 

6th Street Bridge

Bridge Across Des Moines River, 6th Street Looking East, Windom, Minn

1908 Postcard Contributed by David Shedlock

Enlarge

BH Photo #415174

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Sixth Street/ MN Hwy. 62
Location
Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1880, replaced by a concrete T-beam bridge in 1922 and again by a concrete girder bridge in 1975
Design
Pratt through truss with M-frame portal bracings and pinned connections.
Dimensions
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
Also called
Island Park Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.86225, -95.11964   (decimal degrees)
43°51'44" N, 95°07'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/329665/4858757 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Windom
Inventory number
BH 79846 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,034)
Built 1880 (167)
Built during 1880s (1,873)
Cottonwood County, Minnesota (14)
Des Moines River (226)
Lost (22,858)
Lost 1922 (52)
Lost during 1920s (402)
MN 62 (2)
Minnesota (1,435)
 Owned by state (15,315)
Pin-connected (3,771)
Pratt through truss (5,121)
Pratt truss (8,904)
Replaced by new bridge (15,245)
Through truss (14,324)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,745)
Truss (31,614)
Windom, Minnesota (6)

Update Log 

  • December 28, 2017: Updated by Jason Smith: Added information about the history of the bridge. Extant but as a concrete bridge and part of MN Hwy. 62
  • December 27, 2017: Added by David Shedlock

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • David Shedlock
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com

Comments 

Post a comment here Contact webmaster