Lafayette Bridge
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| Lafayette Bridge | |
 Picture of the Lafayette Bridge taken in early spring, 2006. |
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| Official name | Lafayette Street Bridge |
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| Carries | Four lanes of U.S. Route 52 |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Maintained by | Minnesota Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 9800 |
| Design | Plate girder bridge |
| Longest span | 362 feet |
| Total length | 3375 feet |
| Width | 67 feet |
| Clearance below | 51 feet |
| Opening date | 1968 |
| Coordinates | |
The Lafayette Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Route 52 across the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. At this point, US 52 is on the Lafayette Freeway. The bridge spans across railroad yards north of the Mississippi, the river itself, and industrial areas south of the Mississippi. The Lafayette Bridge is one of the longest Mississippi River bridges in the Twin Cities.
An earlier bridge on Lafayette Street, built in 1905 by C.A.P. Turner, was removed to make room for the Lafayette Bridge. The 1905 bridge spanned the Soo Line railroad tracks, not the river itself. This was an experimental bridge of Turner's design, being a flat slab resting on mushroom-capped columns for support.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
| Bridges of the Mississippi River | |||
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| Upstream Robert Street Bridge |
Lafayette Bridge |
Downstream St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge |
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