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]