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Clearwater Bridge

Wright County, Minnesota, and Sherburne County, Minnesota

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Clearwater Bridge

St. Cloud Times: June 19 1930

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BH Photo #455175

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Mississippi River on MN 24
Location
Clearwater, Wright County, Minnesota, and Sherburne County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 1958
History
Built in 1884 in Anoka; Relocated in 1930; Destroyed by ice in 1943
Builder
- Horace E. Horton of Rochester, Minnesota
Design
Camelback through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.41750, -94.04333   (decimal degrees)
45°25'03" N, 94°02'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/418369/5029860 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 86517 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,533)
Built 1884 (177)
Built during 1880s (1,987)
Camelback truss (371)
Clearwater, Minnesota (1)
Horace E. Horton (14)
Lost (24,601)
Lost 1943 (29)
Lost during 1940s (394)
 Minnesota (1,512)
Mississippi River (219)
Owned by state (15,935)
Replaced by new bridge (16,485)
Sherburne County, Minnesota (7)
Through truss (15,013)
Truss (32,702)
Wright County, Minnesota (20)

Update Log 

  • August 26, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • August 26, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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