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General Information

Beginning of works: 2003
Completion: 2004
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Tied-arch bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Material: Steel bridge
Support conditions:
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Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Mississippi River
Next to: Cass Street Bridge (1939)
Coordinates: 43° 48' 32.21" N    91° 15' 33.38" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 784 m
number of spans 11
arch arch span 145 m

Cost

cost of construction United States dollar 40 000 000

Materials

arch steel

Chronology

27 January 2003

Beginning of construction.

December 2003

Arch to be floated into place.

17 November 2004

Opening.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Mississippi River Bridge is a combination of two individual bridges which are also known as the Cass Street Bridge and the Cameron Avenue Bridge, as well as the Big Blue Bridges. They connect downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin to Barron Island, crossing the east channel of the Mississippi River. Another bridge, the La Crosse West Channel Bridge connects Barron Island to La Crescent, Minnesota. The Mississippi River Bridge carries U.S. Routes 14 and 61 with WI 16. There is another bridge about four miles upstream, the I-90 Mississippi River Bridge that connects North La Crosse, French Island, and Dresbach, Minnesota.

The Cass Street Bridge opened Sept. 23, 1939; replacing the previous Vernon Street swing bridge which was heavily damaged following an automobile accident in 1935. The original concrete deck was replaced by a metal deck in 1983; the deck was rehabilitated when the parallel Cameron Avenue Bridge opened in 2005.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Mississippi River Bridge (La Crosse, Wisconsin)" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20010511
  • Published on:
    18/10/2003
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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