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NP - Brainerd Bridge (2nd)
Crow Wing County
,
Minnesota
Photos
North from below bridge, Brainerd
Photo taken by F. Jay Haynes
BH Photo #350115
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Overview
Lost Post deck truss bridge over Mississippi River on Northern Pacific Railroad
Location
Brainerd
,
Crow Wing County
,
Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1876; Replaced 1901
Railroad
-
Northern Pacific Railroad
(NP)
Design
3 141' Post Deck Trusses
1 97' Post Deck Truss
1 60' Howe Deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 142.0 ft.
Total length: 683.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.35656
,
-94.21026
(decimal degrees)
46°21'24" N, 94°12'37" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/406890/5134376
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brainerd
Inventory number
BH 71436
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(7,567)
Brainerd, Minnesota
(6)
Built 1876
(111)
Built during 1870s
(1,110)
Crow Wing County, Minnesota
(10)
Deck truss
(1,732)
Howe deck truss
(54)
Howe truss
(558)
Lost
(24,749)
Lost 1901
(22)
Lost during 1900s
(315)
Minnesota
(1,521)
Mississippi River
(221)
Northern Pacific Railroad
(387)
Other deck truss
(20)
Post Deck Truss
(5)
Post truss
(49)
Railroad
(15,426)
Replaced by new bridge
(16,590)
Span length 125-175 feet
(4,223)
Total length 500-1000 feet
(2,871)
Truss
(32,799)
Update Log
April 4, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added info
March 20, 2016: New photo from GS
March 20, 2016: Added by ArtS
Related Bridges
NP - Brainerd Bridge (3rd)
(Successor)
NP - Brainerd Bridge (1st)
(Predecessor)
Sources
Art Suckewer -
Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Luke
History of the Northern Pacific Railroad By Eugene Virgil Smalley
- Book
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