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CB&Q Mississippi River Bridge (Winona)

Winona County, Minnesota
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Photos 

Overall View Of Bridge And Mississippi River. View To Southeast.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (later BN RR)
Location
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
Status
Removed
History
Built in 1891; burned in a fire in 1989; later removed in 1990
Builders
- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Union Bridge Co.
Design
Swing Span: Howe through truss
Approach Spans: Parker through truss (3 spans)
All are pin-connected
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 270.0 ft.
Total length: 1,700.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.07256, -91.66505   (decimal degrees)
44°04'21" N, 91°39'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/606898/4880798 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Winona West
Inventory number
BH 46139 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Built 1891 (122)
Built during 1890s (1,560)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (130)
Continuous (919)
Continuous truss (85)
Formerly NR-eligible (267)
George S. Morison (18)
Lost (10,487)
Lost 1990 (69)
Lost during 1990s (3,227)
Minnesota (948)
Mississippi River (155)
 Movable (1,360)
Navigable waterway (1,453)
Parker through truss (954)
Parker truss (1,273)
Railroad (4,220)
Span length 250-500 feet (867)
Swing (537)
Through truss (9,250)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,223)
Truss (23,609)
Union Bridge Co. (33)
Winona County, Minnesota (18)
Winona, Minnesota (2)

Update Log 

  • May 2, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Navigable waterway"
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
  • September 12, 2010: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • HAER MN-8 - Winona Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Winona, Winona County, MN

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