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1st Avenue North Bridge

Cass County, North Dakota, and Clay County, Minnesota

Photos 

1st Avenue North Bridge

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #495943

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Red River of the North on 1st Avenue North
Location
Moorhead, Cass County, North Dakota, and Clay County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1937
Design
Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss with steel stringer approaches
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.87715, -96.78026   (decimal degrees)
46°52'38" N, 96°46'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/669140/5193904 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fargo North
Inventory number
BH 60362 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,625)
8-panel truss (654)
Beam (17,360)
Built 1884 (229)
Built during 1880s (2,391)
Cass County, North Dakota (24)
Clay County, Minnesota (41)
Fargo, North Dakota (14)
Lattice Railing (667)
Lost (31,786)
Lost 1937 (91)
Lost during 1930s (1,274)
 M-frame portal (90)
Minnesota (1,680)
Moorhead, Minnesota (17)
North Dakota (636)
Parker through truss (1,445)
Parker truss (1,842)
Replaced by new bridge (21,678)
Riveted (2,775)
State line crossing (965)
Steel stringer (6,922)
Through truss (19,023)
Truss (38,301)

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added truss type & categories "8-panel truss", "Riveted", "Lattice Railing"
  • May 16, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 20, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 23, 2014: Added by Dave King

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