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Blood Run Bridge

Rock County, Minnesota, and Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Photo 

The concrete eyesore

Photo taken by Birgit Smith in August 2009

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BH Photo #146775

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Blood Run on CR 39
Location
Rock County, Minnesota, and Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Status
Replaced by a concrete bridge
History
Built 1911; Replaced in 2006
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 38.7 ft.
Total length: 41.3 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.50112, -96.45309   (decimal degrees)
43°30'04" N, 96°27'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/705883/4819615 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Valley Springs
Inventory numbers
MN L2248 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 20580 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1911 (816)
Built during 1910s (9,973)
Lost (28,529)
Lost 2006 (375)
Lost during 2000s (4,407)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (74)
Minnesota (1,649)
Owned by township (3,287)
Pony truss (17,017)
 Replaced by new bridge (19,403)
Rock County, Minnesota (28)
South Dakota (706)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,225)
State line crossing (913)
Structurally deficient (12,878)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,507)
Truss (35,500)

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com

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