Veterans Bridge (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

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Veterans Bridge
The Veterans Bridge as seen from the DeSoto bridge.
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
Design	Girder bridge
Longest span	215 feet
Total length	767 feet
Width	70 feet
Clearance below	42 feet
Opening date	1971
Coordinates	45°33′47″N, 94°09′22″W

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.

The bridge is also serving as a detour for the DeSoto Bridge, the next bridge downstream, after several gusset plates were found to have bent, resulting in the closure of the bridge.

[edit] See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

[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 Upstream St. Cloud Rail Bridge Veterans Bridge Downstream DeSoto Bridge