Veterans Bridge (St. Cloud, Minnesota)
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| Veterans Bridge | |
 The Veterans Bridge as seen from the DeSoto bridge. |
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| Carries | Four lanes of St. Germain Street |
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| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| Maintained by | City of St. Cloud |
| ID number | 73514 |
| Design | Girder bridge |
| Longest span | 215 feet |
| Total length | 767 feet |
| Width | 70 feet |
| Clearance below | 42 feet |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Coordinates | |
Veterans Bridge is a steel girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It was built in 1971 and was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff.
There have been three previous bridges at this location. The first was built in 1867 by the St. Cloud Bridge Company and was a wooden toll bridge. The city bought the bridge in 1887 and rebuilt it with iron and wood. In 1894, the wooden bridge was replaced with a deck truss bridge, which survived until the new bridge was built in 1971.
[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 St. Cloud Rail Bridge |
Veterans Bridge |
Downstream DeSoto Bridge  |
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