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General Information

Completion: 1981
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Vertical lift bridge
Function / usage: Railroad (railway) bridge
Material: Steel bridge

Location

Location: , , ,
Address: Milwaukee Road
Crosses:
  • Mississippi River
Coordinates: 44° 44' 49" N    92° 50' 52" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 98.8 m
length 534.9 m

Materials

truss steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Hastings Rail Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota. It is one of only four lift spans on the Mississippi River, the others being at Hannibal, Missouri, Burlington, Iowa and in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. It was built in 1981 by Milwaukee Road and was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff.

It crosses the Mississippi river in a north–south orientation from Hastings just upstream of Point Douglas, where the Saint Croix River empties into the Mississippi river. In addition to CP Rail traffic, the bridge also carries Amtrak'sEmpire Builder across the river.

Another nearby lift bridge is the Prescott BNSF lift bridge, in Prescott, Wisconsin that crosses the St. Croix River. The two tracks converge at the St. Croix interlocking tower.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Hastings Rail Bridge" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20029684
  • Published on:
    02/08/2007
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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