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Wabasha-Nelson Bridge

Wabasha County, Minnesota, and Buffalo County, Wisconsin

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Overview of the bridge

Photo taken by Jason Smith

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BH Photo #177199

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Mississippi River on MN 60/WI 25
Location
Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota, and Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1987
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 470.2 ft.
Total length: 2,462.1 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Also called
Michael Duane Clickner Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.38639, -92.03194   (decimal degrees)
44°23'11" N, 92°01'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/577107/4915245 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wabasha North
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
5,000
Inventory numbers
MN 79000 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 44459 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (15,909)
Buffalo County, Wisconsin (14)
Built 1987 (79)
Built during 1980s (710)
Have street view (27,120)
Minnesota (1,533)
Mississippi River (222)
Modern (2,456)
Open (40,036)
Owned by state (16,096)
Polygonal Warren through truss (435)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (109)
 Polygonal Warren truss (1,059)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
State line crossing (858)
Steel stringer (6,323)
Through truss (15,258)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,891)
Truss (33,097)
Wabasha County, Minnesota (28)
Wabasha, Minnesota (4)
Warren truss (6,610)
Wisconsin (1,510)

Update Log 

  • October 17, 2019: Updated by Ben Tate: Added alternative name from comments
  • October 14, 2019: New photos from Ben Tate
  • August 24, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • March 31, 2013: New photos from Don Morrison
  • October 11, 2010: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
  • September 12, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • July 30, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • March 16, 2010: Added by Matthew Lohry

Sources 

  • Matt Lohry
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Don Morrison
  • John Weeks Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Wabasha-Nelson Bridge
Posted October 16, 2019, by CHAD ROBERSON (mrtazwrench [at] juno [dot] com)

I was 14 when this bridge opened, the public was able to walk the road way my Dad and I took the opportunity to do so. it was quite a change from the old bridge that was tall and narrow with an S-curve on the MN side.

Wabasha-Nelson Bridge
Posted June 12, 2014, by Joe fishbein (jmf [at] visi [dot] com)

This bridge was recently named the "Michael Duane Clickner Memorial Bridge" in honor of a Wabasha resident who was killed in the Vietnam war. Minnesota governor Mark Dayton signed the bill naming the bridge in late May. Here is a link to an article about the naming:

http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/dayton-signs-bill-ren...

Wabasha-Nelson Bridge
Posted June 12, 2014, by Joe Fishbein (jmf [at] visi [dot] com)

We inspected this bridge last week. Photo is a view towards Wabasha from the man-lift used to inspect the high steel.