Hastings High Bridge

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caption=The Hastings High Bridge viewed from the east.
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crosses=Mississippi River
carries=Two lanes of U.S. Route 61
locale=Hastings, Minnesota
design=Truss bridge
mainspan=502 feet
length=1857 feet
width=32 feet
below=63.8 feet
open=1951
maint=Minnesota Department of Transportation
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Hastings High Bridge is a continuous steel through truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota. It was built in 1951 and was designed by Sverdrup and Parcel. It had been scheduled to be torn down and replaced with a new bridge by MNDot in the year 2019, [ [http://www.mnchamber.com/priorities/MN_Moves.pdf Minnesota Chamber of Commerce] ] but after the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, it was re-prioritized and is now scheduled to start construction in 2010. [ [http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hastingsbridge/index.html MNDot] ]

Condition

Following the August 1, 2007 collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge, the Hastings High Bridge was inspected between August 20, 2007 and August 31, 2007. An executive summary of the inspection report was released on January 15, 2008, questioning whether the bridge was capable of sustaining its 40 ton posted capacity, and calling for a load analysis to be performed immediately. [cite news
author = Frederick Melo
title = State releases summary of Hastings bridge inspection report; DFLers call for replacement
url = http://www.twincities.com/ci_7978297
publisher = Pioneer Press
location = St. Paul, Minnesota
date = 2008-01-15
accessdate = 2008-01-15 ]

The Spiral Bridge

filled with children were too heavy to make the trip, so the children had to walk across the bridge while the driver drove the empty bus across. After the new bridge was built, the old bridge was given to the city, but they could not raise the necessary funds to maintain it. The old bridge was torn down, to the dismay of local residents who felt they had lost a city symbol. A replica of the bridge has been built and can be seen at the Little Log House Pioneer Village south of Hastings.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

Footnotes

References

*cite book
last = Costello
first = Mary Charlotte
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2002
title = Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota
publisher = Adventure Publications
location = Cambridge, MN
id = ISBN 0-9644518-2-4
*cite web
last = Weeks
first = John
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2005
url = http://www.johnweeks.com/bridges/pages/ms01.html
title = Hastings High Bridge, Hastings, MN
format =
work = The Bridges Of Minneapolis And St. Paul
publisher =
accessdate = 2006-04-29
accessyear =

External links

* [http://www.littleloghouseshow.com/index.php?id=attractions Little Log House Pioneer Show]

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Hastings High Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Newport Rail Bridge
upstream signs =
downstream = Hastings Rail Bridge
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