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Winona High Wagon Bridge
Description
First road bridge over Mississippi River at Winona was a wrought iron and steel truss structure that featured several right-angle turns. This was OK in horse and wagon days, but proved not so good for automobiles. Collapse of a similar bridge at LaCrosse in 1935 when a car hit a girder, encouraged Winona to replace its bridge. The new bridge opened in 1942, which still serves today as half of a pair of one-way highway bridges. The old High Wagon Bridge was taken down immediately and recycled for the war effort.
(Note: Did not cross the state line. This bridge was entirely in Minnesota.)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Mississippi River on MN 43
- Location
- Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge and demolished
- History
- Opened July 4, 1892; tolls removed 1923; demolished 1942 and recycled for war effort
- Builder
- - Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.05696, -91.63700 (decimal degrees)
44°03'25" N, 91°38'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/609173/4879102 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Winona West
- Inventory number
- BH 79399 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 8, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- February 2, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- November 11, 2017: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added categories "Mississippi River", "Wooden deck", "Curved"
- November 10, 2017: Added by Roger Deschner