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Minnesota Avenue Bridge

Grand Forks County, North Dakota, and Polk County, Minnesota

Photos 

Photo taken by State Historical Society Of North Dakota

View this photo at digitalhorizonsonline.org

BH Photo #435280

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Red River on Minnesota Avenue
Location
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, and Polk County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1889 and replaced
Design
Through truss swing
Also called
Point Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.92174, -97.02083   (decimal degrees)
47°55'18" N, 97°01'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/647857/5309498 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 82980 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,623)
Built 1889 (239)
Built during 1880s (2,009)
Grand Forks County, North Dakota (44)
Grand Forks, North Dakota (5)
Lost (24,948)
Minnesota (1,524)
Movable (2,987)
 North Dakota (597)
Polk County, Minnesota (33)
Replaced by new bridge (16,748)
State line crossing (852)
Swing (1,465)
Through truss (15,163)
Truss (32,941)

Update Log 

  • March 19, 2019: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
  • October 1, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 28, 2018: Added by Douglas Butler

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