Stillwater Bridge - Stillwater, MN
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N 45° 03.382 W 092° 48.200
15T E 515485 N 4989230
This is the Stillwater Lift Bridge between Stillwater, MN and Houlton, WI - listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Structure #89000445.
Waymark Code: WM4AGD
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2008
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The Stillwater Bridge (also known as the Stillwater Lift Bridge, St. Croix River Bridge at Stillwater, Mn/DOT Bridge #4654, and Wis/DOT Bridge #M-61) is a vertical lift bridge crossing the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota and Houlton, Wisconsin.
The bridge consists of ten fixed steel truss spans 1,050 feet long in total, including a vertically lifting span 140 feet long, and carries one lane of traffic in each direction. The lifting span is a Waddell and Harrington type, one of six built in Minnesota and Wisconsin and one of three still remaining today. Built in 1931 to replace a swing bridge from 1910, it was the last bridge of this design to be built in the area. Minnesota and Wisconsin evenly split the $460,174 cost of the bridge.
The Stillwater Bridge is historically significant as a rare surviving example of vertical-lift highway bridge, and over 18,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day.
Source: modified from Wikipedia
Street address:
MN 36/WI 64 over St. Croix River
Stillwater, MN USA
55082
County / Borough / Parish: Washington
Year listed: 1989
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Transportation, Road-related
Current function: Transportation, Road-related
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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