Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Paul Park
- Location
- St. Paul Park, Washington County, Minnesota
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1895; closed to traffic in 1999
- Design
- Double-decker through truss with swing span
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 442.0 ft.
Total length: 1,661.5 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- JAR Bridge
Newport Rail Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.85306, -93.01222 (decimal degrees)
44°51'11" N, 93°00'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/499034/4966627 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 37745 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 01/2001)
- Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 2,500
Update Log
- November 25, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: added category and alternate name
- October 23, 2008: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Wikipedia
Comments
Here is some more information about the bridge:
http://www.johnweeks.com/twincities/pages/ms02.html
It includes updates of the structure including the recent collapse.
More later
JS
A lot of us, including I, have worked on ways to save at least the Dakota Co. side of the bridge and to a certain degree the swing span. However after reading the news story, chances of that happening right now are slim. I'm inquiring more about the incident and will post the latest as it arrives.
Thanks for the news, though.
JS
Thanks for the tip, Carolyn. I am posting a link to an article concerning this unfortunate event.
Per our local paper, part of this bridge collapsed last week due to a buckled beam. It was going to be preserved as part of a riverside park, but now it's going to be torn down as it's too unsafe to save.