Colorado Street Bridge (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Explained

Colorado Street Bridge
Coordinates:	44.9347°N -93.0842°W
Built:	1888
Architect:	Andreas W. Munster, O'Brien Brothers
Architecture:	False skew arch
Added:	July 5, 1990
Mpsub:	Minnesota Masonry-Arch Highway Bridges MPS
Refnum:	90000977

The Colorado Street Bridge also known as Bridge L-8803 is a masonry and brick arch bridge in Saint Paul, Minnesota's West Side neighborhood. It is 58feet wide and consists of a single oblique span of 70inchesft6inchesin (ftin)^[1] that was built with the arch courses running parallel to the abutments, leading to a weaker structure than other skew arch construction methods,^[2] known as a false skew arch.^[3] It was designed in 1888 by Andreas W. Munster of the Saint Paul Engineer's Office^[1] and is now restricted to pedestrian traffic.^[4]

External links

• Colorado Street Bridge (Bridge L8803)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Minnesota's Historic Bridges: Colorado Street Bridge. Minnesota Historical Society. 15 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614103345/http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/nrracsb/nrracolo.html. 14 June 2010. dead.
2. Book: Engineering and Building Record. 23 Nov 1889.
3. Book: Schofield, Reginald B.. Benjamin Outram, 1764–1805: An Engineering Biography. Merton Priory Press. Cardiff. 2000. 149–154. 1-898937-42-7.
4. Book: Nord, Mary Ann. The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. 2003. 0-87351-448-3. registration.