General Information
| Completion: | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
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| Structure: |
Vertical lift bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA |
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| Address: | Milwaukee Road |
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 44° 44' 49" N 92° 50' 52" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 98.8 m | |
| length | 534.9 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
|
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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 July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20029684 - Published on:
02/08/2007 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
