Veterans Bridge (St. Cloud, Minnesota) Explained

Bridge Name:Veterans Bridge
Crosses:Mississippi River
Carries:Four lanes of First Street North / East St. Germain Street
Locale:St. Cloud, Minnesota
Design:Girder bridge
Mainspan:215 feet
Length:767 feet
Width:70 feet
Below:42 feet
Open:1971
Maint:City of St. Cloud
Id:73514
Coordinates:45.5631°N -94.1561°W

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]

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