Rating:
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MN77 Minnesota River Bridge

Hennepin County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota

Photos 

Approaching the bridges from the Mall of America side

Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2010

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BH Photo #177045

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Facts 

Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Minnesota R & Black Dog on MN 77 N& S bounds
Location
Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1978
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 359.9 ft.
Total length: 5,159.4 ft. (1.0 mi.)
Deck width: 56.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.82694, -93.23083   (decimal degrees)
44°49'37" N, 93°13'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/481752/4963752 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Paul SW
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
47,500
Inventory numbers
MN 9600N (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 46137 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (12,102)
Bloomington, Minnesota (6)
Built 1978 (71)
Built during 1970s (943)
Dakota County, Minnesota (24)
Have street view (26,949)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (201)
Minnesota (1,521)
 Minnesota River (37)
Open (39,884)
Owned by state (15,994)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Steel through arch (216)
Tied arch (51)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)

Update Log 

  • November 25, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • March 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Minnesota River"
  • September 12, 2010: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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MN77 Minnesota River Bridge
Posted July 26, 2016, by Joe Fishbein (jmfmando [at] gmail [dot] com)

We inspected these bridges in early July 2016. The arch spans were repainted and had new deck joints installed in 2015, and are in very good condition.