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White Bridge
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White Bridge
St. Cloud Times: November 20 1972
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BH Photo #454911
Description
Originally a 2-span Whipple through truss that was relocated from part of a larger bridge at Mankato. One span at this location collapsed after an accident and was replaced with a Bailey truss.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Zumbro River on White Bridge Road
- Location
- Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge in 1975
- History
- Built 1879 at North Mankato; Relocated here 1918; Partial collapse in 1972; Bailey Bridge added at that time
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Original Fabrication in 1879)
- Design
- (2)11-panel, pinned Whipple through trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 320.0 ft.
- Also called
- Zumbro River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.17008, -92.46882 (decimal degrees)
44°10'12" N, 92°28'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/542465/4890900 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 86501 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 27, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added stuff
- September 6, 2019: Updated by Luke: Corrected original build date & added original fabricator
- September 4, 2019: Updated by Luke: Noted that bridge was relocated here
- August 24, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
- August 24, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch
Sources
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Luke
A pic I just found of the original bridge.