Veterans Bridge (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

Veterans Bridge
The Veterans Bridge from the southwest
Coordinates	45°33′47″N 94°09′22″W / 45.56306°N 94.15611°WCoordinates: 45°33′47″N 94°09′22″W / 45.56306°N 94.15611°W
Carries	Four lanes of First Street North / East St. Germain Street
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	St. Cloud, Minnesota
Maintained by	City of St. Cloud
ID number	73514
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Total length	767 feet
Width	70 feet
Longest span	215 feet
Clearance below	42 feet
History
Opened	1971

Veterans Bridge is a steel girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. 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.^[1]

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

1. Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.

Notes

• Veterans Bridge, Mississippi River Highway Crossing, Saint Cloud, MN, Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography, John A. Weeks III