Camp Ripley Bridge Explained

Camp Ripley Bridge
Coordinates:	46.0744°N -94.335°W
Location:	Green Prairie & Ripley Townships, Minnesota
Nearest City:	Little Falls, Minnesota
Built:	1930
Refnum:	14001175
Designated Nrhp Type:	January 21, 2015

Camp Ripley Bridge, also known as Bridge 4969, is the only remaining unified road–rail bridge over the Mississippi River.^[1] It carries both a railroad spur line and Minnesota State Highway 115 at Camp Ripley in Morrison County.^[2]

It was built in 1930 by the Minneapolis Bridge Company^[3] to serve as the key transportation connection for Camp Ripley, the state's first and most significant Minnesota National Guard reservation. As Minnesota's only unified road–rail bridge, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.^[4]

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morrison County, Minnesota

External links

• Camp Ripley Bridge (Bridge 4969)–Minnesota Department of Transportation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mississippi River Highway Crossing . Weeks . John A. III . 2008 . MN State Highway 115 . Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography . January 27, 2017.
2. Web site: Camp Ripley Bridge (Bridge 4969) . . 2017 . Historic Bridges . Minnesota Department of Transportation . 2017-01-27 . The Camp Ripley Bridge was built in 1930 to carry State Highway 115 and the Northern Pacific Railroad over the Mississippi River at the edge of Camp Ripley in Morrison County..
3. Book: Gardner, Denis . 2008 . Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel: Minnesota's Historic Bridges . limited . . University of Minnesota Press . 186 . 9780816646661.
4. Pizza . Andrea C. . National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bridge No. 4969 . National Park Service . 2014-09-23 . 2016-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411013623/http://www.mnhs.org/shpo/nrhp/docs_pdfs/0081_campripleybridge.pdf . 2016-04-11 .