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Winona Bridge (new)

Winona County, Minnesota

Photos 

Main span, nearing completion

The two ends of the main span are about to meet in the middle in January 2016. The old bridge can be seen behind it, and the remains of the CNW - Winona Swing Bridge can be seen underneath it.

Photo taken by Roger Deschner in January 2016

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Description 

This new bridge is temporarily carrying all traffic while the old bridge is rehabilitated. Eventually, this new bridge will carry westbound traffic, while the historic truss bridge carries eastbound traffic.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete deck box girder bridge over Mississippi River on westbound MN 43
Location
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Will become one-way westbound when parallel old bridge is rehabilitated in 2018 to carry eastbound traffic.
History
Opened August 27, 2016
Builder
- Ames Construction Inc.
Design
Modern concrete box girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 450.2 ft.
Total length: 2,295.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.05786, -91.64060   (decimal degrees)
44°03'28" N, 91°38'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/608882/4879197 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Winona West
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
10,500
Inventory numbers
MN 85851 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 70818 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2016)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 80 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Ames Construction Inc. (1)
Built 2016 (29)
Built during 2010s (358)
Concrete girder (904)
Deck girder (4,963)
Girder (8,965)
Minnesota (1,399)
Mississippi River (208)
 Modern (2,121)
Open (38,374)
Owned by state (14,927)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,103)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,731)
Winona County, Minnesota (26)
Winona, Minnesota (10)

Update Log 

  • June 18, 2018: Updated by Roger Deschner: Incorporate NBI data
  • October 17, 2017: Updated by Roger Deschner: Bridge is entirely in Minnesota. Removed mention of Wisconsin.
  • January 30, 2017: Updated by Roger Deschner: Completed, open to traffic
  • February 8, 2016: Added by Roger Deschner

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Sources 

  • Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com

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