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Barrel Shot #1

Photo taken by Benjamin Cole

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Bear Creek on Nature RD
Location: Fillmore County, Minnesota
Status: Closed
Future prospects: To be relocated and reused
History: Built 1914
Builder: - Minneapolis Bridge and Iron Works
Design: Pinned, Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 95.5 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.75694, -92.32056 (decimal degrees)
43°45'25" N, 92°19'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/554695/4845102 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Washington
Inventory numbers: MN L4883 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 20357 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2008): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1973): 14

Update Log

November 30, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed status and added other information
September 10, 2010: New photos from Benjamin Cole
June 6, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee: changed road name from CR to TR

Sources

Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Benjamin Cole - mountainjam99 [at] gmail [dot] com
Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments

Bear Creek Bridge

Posted November 30, 2010, by Benjamin Cole (mountainjam99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

They say it will be reused in a spring valley park according to this paper

http://fillmorecountyjournal.com/print.asp?ArticleID=24066&SectionID=56&SubSectionID=161

Bear Creek Bridge

Posted October 28, 2010, by Lyle Pingman

Depends really. One bridge had what appeared to be inmates from a correctional facility wail away at it in no real organized fashion as its demolition. You'd like to be able to save at least some of them. What is society going to be able to show people in the future? A dry musty tome on design? Some grainy images scanned online? Or the Real McCoy?

Bear Creek Bridge

Posted October 26, 2010, by Matthew Lohry

Some of these photos make me wonder if the old bridge might be planned for relocation, though--normally, if the bridge were just being demolished, they would either dismantle the bridge piece by piece, or just use an excavator or some other large piece of equipment to shove it over and let it fall into the river. This one looks like it was lifted in one piece and set aside, as if it were going to be reused. Hope springs eternal? This is Fillmore County, so there is a glimmer of hope, anyway. Fillmore County treats its historic truss bridges far better than any other county in Minnesota.

Bear Creek Bridge

Posted October 10, 2010, by Benjamin Cole (mountainjam99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Another Truss bridge LOST TO MNDOT

Bear Creek Bridge

Posted July 19, 2010, by Benjamin Cole (mountainjam99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

1st pic- barrel shot

2nd pic- builders plate's hard to read but was built by Minneapolis Bridge and Iron Works 1914

3rd pic- Damaged deck railing