Veterans Bridge (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

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caption=The Veterans Bridge as seen from the DeSoto bridge.
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crosses=Mississippi River
carries=Four lanes of First Street North / East St. Germain Street
locale=St. Cloud, Minnesota
design=Girder bridge
mainspan=215 feet
length=767 feet
width=70 feet
below=42 feet
open=1971
maint=City of St. Cloud
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Veterans Bridge is a steel girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It was built in 1971 and was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff.

There have been three previous bridges at this location. The first was built in 1867 by the St. Cloud Bridge Company and was a wooden toll bridge. The city bought the bridge in 1887 and rebuilt it with iron and wood. In 1894, the wooden bridge was replaced with a deck truss bridge, which survived until the new bridge was built in 1971.

The bridge is also serving as a detour for the DeSoto Bridge, the next bridge downstream, after several gusset plates were found to have bent, resulting in the closure of the bridge.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

* cite book
last = Costello
first = Mary Charlotte
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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

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structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Veterans Bridge
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upstream = St. Cloud Rail Bridge
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downstream = DeSoto Bridge
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