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MILW - Mendota Swing Bridge

Hennepin County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota

Photos 

Mendota Swing Bridge

Photo Contributed by John Marvig

BH Photo #272305

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Former Milwaukee Road
Location
Mendota Heights, Hennepin County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Approach Spans built 1894, swing span built 1900; Removed 1957
Railroad
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
Design
Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.88853, -93.17898   (decimal degrees)
44°53'19" N, 93°10'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/485866/4970582 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Paul West
Inventory number
BH 59116 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (577)
Built 1894 (221)
Built 1900 (907)
Built during 1900s (6,835)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (959)
Dakota County, Minnesota (24)
Deck girder (5,100)
Girder (9,225)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (191)
Lost (22,474)
Lost 1957 (63)
Lost during 1950s (573)
Mendota Heights, Minnesota (1)
Minnesota (1,433)
 Minnesota River (37)
Movable (2,863)
Pin-connected (3,704)
Plate girder (7,031)
Pratt through truss (5,030)
Pratt truss (8,783)
Railroad (14,424)
St. Paul, Minnesota (59)
Swing (1,376)
Through truss (14,116)
Truss (31,321)
Warren through truss (1,555)
Warren truss (6,279)

Update Log 

  • January 6, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • December 31, 2013: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler

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