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Hudson Interstate Bridge

Washington County, Minnesota, and St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Photos 

US 12 Hudson Bridge 1

Minnesota Dept. of Transportation

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BH Photo #269091

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren through truss bridge over St. Croix River and railroad on I-94/ US Hwy. 12
Location
Lakeland, Washington County, Minnesota, and St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1949; new eastbound bridge built in 1974; rehabilitated in the 1980s; damaged by flooding in 1993; demolished as soon as new westbound bridge was built in 1995
Design
Warren through truss with two cantilever Warren main spans
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 390.1 ft.
Total length: 2,311.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 31.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.96333, -92.76333   (decimal degrees)
44°57'48" N, 92°45'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/518664/4978904 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hudson
Inventory numbers
MN 5999 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 58524 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1949 (405)
Built during 1940s (4,093)
Cantilevered (306)
Cantilevered truss (250)
Hudson, Wisconsin (9)
Interstate 94 (17)
Lakeland, Minnesota (3)
Lost (24,733)
Lost 1995 (424)
Lost during 1990s (3,984)
Minnesota (1,518)
Owned by state (15,986)
Replaced by new bridge (16,577)
 Riveted (2,165)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin (28)
State line crossing (847)
Through truss (15,062)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,784)
US 12 (52)
Warren through truss (1,615)
Warren truss (6,564)
Washington County, Minnesota (29)
Wisconsin (1,468)
X-Frame Portal (34)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2020: New photo from Max Koehn
  • August 18, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • June 5, 2018: Updated by John Marvig: Added St. Croix County to locations
  • October 24, 2013: Updated by Jason Smith: Added info

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Hudson Interstate Bridge
Posted February 27, 2020, by Max (mkoehn45 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Are pictures 2 and 3 available in larger sizes? The "enlarge" button isn't present on either and I'd love to be able to see the full size photos. I've ridden over this bridge many times in my youth and I miss it a lot.