Mendota Bridge
History
The structure was designed by C.A.P. Turner and Walter H. Wheeler. Turner also designed the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota, and the Liberty Memorial Bridge between Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota.
The bridge is dedicated to the "Gopher Gunners", 151st Field Artillery who died in World War I.
It has a length of 4,113 feet (1,254 m) and was the longest continuous concrete arch bridge in the world when it was constructed in 1924–1926. It consists of 13 arches each 304 feet (93 m) wide. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Between 1940 and 1965, the bridge also carried the concurrent designation of MN 100.
From 1992 to 1994, the old bridge was demolished down to the arches and rebuilt from the arches up with the new wider deck two feet (0.61 m) higher than the original.
See also
References
- ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (June 15, 2006). "Bridge Number 4190: Executive summary" (PDF). Historic Bridge Management Plan. Minnesota Department of Transportation. p. 1. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ Frame, Robert M. (April 27, 2006). "Bridge Number 4190" (PDF). Minnesota Historic Property Records. pp. 1–2. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ "Historic Sites: Mendota". Dakota County Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
External links
- Mendota Bridge in Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography
- National Bridge Inventory