Colorado Street Bridge (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

	Colorado Street Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Colorado Street Bridge from the south
Location	East side of South Wabasha Street near Terrace Park; Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°56′5″N 93°5′3″W / 44.93472°N 93.08417°W
Built	1888
Architect	Andreas W. Munster, O'Brien Brothers
Architectural style	False skew arch
MPS	Minnesota Masonry-Arch Highway Bridges MPS
NRHP reference No.	90000977
Added to NRHP	July 5, 1990

The Colorado Street Bridge also known as Bridge L-8803 is a masonry and brick arch bridge in Saint Paul, Minnesota's West Side neighborhood. It is 58 feet (18 m) wide and consists of a single oblique span of 70 feet 6 inches (21.49 m)^[2] that was built with the arch courses running parallel to the abutments, leading to a weaker structure than other skew arch construction methods,^[3] known as a false skew arch.^[4] It was designed in 1888 by Andreas W. Munster of the Saint Paul Engineer's Office^[2] and is now restricted to pedestrian traffic.^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Minnesota's Historic Bridges: Colorado Street Bridge". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
^ Engineering and Building Record. November 23, 1889.
^ Schofield, Reginald B. (2000). Benjamin Outram, 1764–1805: An Engineering Biography. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press. pp. 149–154. ISBN 1-898937-42-7.
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[mnhistsoc-2] "Minnesota's Historic Bridges: Colorado Street Bridge". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.

[3] Engineering and Building Record. November 23, 1889.

[schofield-4] Schofield, Reginald B. (2000). Benjamin Outram, 1764–1805: An Engineering Biography. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press. pp. 149–154. ISBN 1-898937-42-7.

[nord-5] Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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