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Minnesota Slip Drawbridge

St. Louis County, Minnesota
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in June 2013

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Overview
Bascule bridge over MInnesota Slip on Pedestrian Traffic
Location
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1991
Builders
- Krech Ojard of Duluth, Minnesota (Consulting Engineers)
- Larry M. Turbes & Associates (Architect)
- Northland Constructors of Duluth, Minnesota (Contractor)
- Superior Steel Inc. of Duluth, Minnesota (Fabricator)
Design
Modern truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.78140, -92.09628   (decimal degrees)
46°46'53" N, 92°05'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/568985/5181269 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Duluth
Inventory number
BH 56911 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Bascule (1,018)
Built 1991 (62)
Built during 1990s (556)
Duluth, Minnesota (57)
Have street view (21,687)
Krech Ojard (2)
Larry M. Turbes & Associates (1)
Minnesota (1,338)
Modern (1,623)
 Modern truss (135)
Movable (2,688)
Navigable waterway (1,995)
Northland Constructors (1)
Open to pedestrians (3,492)
Owned by city (4,446)
Pedestrian Movable Bridges (39)
St. Louis County, Minnesota (102)
Superior Steel Inc. (1)

Update Log 

  • October 13, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • July 1, 2013: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
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Minnesota Slip Drawbridge
Posted March 20, 2017, by Nathan Holth (nathan [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Doesn't work too well https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/03/20/duluth-blue-bridge-...