Morton- Minnesota River Crossing

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #152349

Map 

Street View 

• The new bridge. On the left side was where the old bridge used to be located.

Facts 

Overview

Lost Parker through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Hwys. US 71 and MN 19

Location

Morton, Redwood County, Minnesota, and Renville County, Minnesota

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1928; Replaced in 1997- road realigned at the same time.

Design

Parker through truss with two Warren pony trusses both located on the north approach

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 159.1 ft.
Total length: 342.9 ft.
Deck width: 26.9 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+44.54500, -94.99667   (decimal degrees)
44°32'42" N, 94°59'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/341391/4934346 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Morton

Inventory numbers

MN 4666 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 43701 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 31, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
• January 13, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
• January 12, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
• December 3, 2009: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

• HAER MN-86 - Bridge 4666, Minnesota Trunk Highway 19 spanning Minnesota River, North Redwood vicinity, Redwood County, MN
• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com

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