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White Bridge

Olmsted County, Minnesota

Photos 

White Bridge

St. Cloud Times: November 20 1972

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BH Photo #454911

Map 

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
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)

Categories 

Bailey truss (179)
Built 1918 (498)
Built during 1910s (9,728)
Lost (25,546)
Lost 1975 (84)
Lost during 1970s (808)
Minnesota (1,540)
Olmsted County, Minnesota (38)
Owned by county (20,985)
Pony truss (16,364)
 Relocated (927)
Replaced by new bridge (17,232)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,258)
Through truss (15,364)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,291)
Truss (33,275)
Whipple truss (395)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (381)
Zumbro River (25)

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

Related Bridges 

Sources 

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

White Bridge
Posted February 21, 2021, by CHAD ROBERSON

A pic I just found of the original bridge.

White Bridge
Posted September 6, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Luke, thank you for the changes and updates you made. I feel I had a decent start but you definitely finished it out for me. Thanks again

White Bridge
Posted September 5, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Luke, thank you so much!

White Bridge
Posted September 4, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Chad, the pictures are great. Thanks for posting the link.

White Bridge
Posted September 4, 2019, by CHAD ROBERSON (mrtazwrench [at] juno [dot] com)

Here's an article with some of the bridge history and pics in it, but also a lot of history of a local restaurant that was located at the west end of the bridge.

http://www.oronocoareahistory.org/?page_id=150

Also the location on the map is incorrect, the white bridge was farther north on CR 118.