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Zumbro River Bridge

Wabasha County, Minnesota
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Looking East

Photo taken by Nate Ahrensfeld in April 2010

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Zumbro River on CR 7
Location
Wabasha County, Minnesota
Status
Removed and replaced
History
Built 1949 as a Federal Aid Project
Design
2 Span Parker Through Truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 141.4 ft.
Total length: 408.8 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
Also called
Once known as The Red Bridge
The Green Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.23306, -92.48083   (decimal degrees)
44°13'59" N, 92°28'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/541460/4897889 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Zumbro Lake
Inventory numbers
MN 6563 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 20658 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2009)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 45.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
458

Categories 

Built 1949 (266)
Built during 1940s (2,808)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Lost (10,495)
Lost 2011 (256)
Lost during 2010s (706)
Minnesota (948)
Owned by county (16,526)
Parker through truss (954)
 Parker truss (1,273)
Replaced by new bridge (7,220)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)
Truss (23,615)
Wabasha County, Minnesota (18)
Zumbro River (20)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status as bridge has been replaced per forum post.
  • December 13, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed this from a Camelback to a Parker truss.
  • December 9, 2011: Updated by Nate Ahrensfeld: Bridge closed and scheduled for demolition and replacement

Sources 

  • Nate Ahrensfeld
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Zumbro River Bridge
Posted June 1, 2012, by Dori Klein (ddklein99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The new bridge on Wabasha County 7 is now completed and the road is open to traffic.

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Zumbro River Bridge
Posted April 1, 2012, by Dori Klein (ddklein [at] sleepyeyetel [dot] net)

Do you have any other history of the green bridge that spanned across the Zumbro on County 7? I am working on an article and will be trying to add the history to the replacement of the bridge.

Zumbro River Bridge
Posted December 13, 2011, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

Nice photos!

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