Bridge Name: | Fort Road Bridge |
Carries: | Four lanes of |
Crosses: | Mississippi River |
Locale: | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Maint: | Minnesota Department of Transportation |
Design: | Girder bridge |
Mainspan: | 300 feet |
Length: | 1198.5 feet |
Width: | 68 feet |
Below: | 59.8 feet |
Open: | 1961 |
Fort Road Bridge is a girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Saint Paul, and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1960 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and was designed by Sverdrup & Parcel Engineering Company. It is the third bridge on the site. The first bridge, a deck girder bridge, was built in 1880. The second bridge, a metal arch bridge, was built by 1912.