Red Wing Bridge
Appearance
Eisenhower Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 44°34′12″N 92°32′02″W / 44.57000°N 92.53389°W |
Carries | US 63 |
Crosses | Mississippi River |
Locale | Red Wing, Minnesota |
Official name | Eisenhower Bridge |
Maintained by | Minnesota Department of Transportation and Wisconsin Department of Transportation |
ID number | 9040 (Minnesota), B-47-0027 (Wisconsin) |
Characteristics | |
Design | Cantilever bridge |
Total length | 1631 feet |
Width | 35 feet |
Longest span | 432 feet |
Clearance below | 64 feet |
History | |
Opened | November 1960 |
Location | |
The Red Wing Bridge was a cantilever bridge which carries U.S. Route 63 across the Mississippi River from Wisconsin to Red Wing, Minnesota. It is officially named the Eisenhower Bridge for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, who opened the bridge in November 1960. After the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, the State of Minnesota conducted a thorough investigation of the state's road infrastructure, especially its bridges. The Red Wing Bridge was identified as in need of replacement; construction on the replacement span began in 2017 and the original bridge was demolished in February 2020[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
Categories:
- Bridges completed in 1960
- Bridges over the Mississippi River
- Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
- Buildings and structures in Goodhue County, Minnesota
- Red Wing, Minnesota
- Road bridges in Minnesota
- Road bridges in Wisconsin
- Transportation in Goodhue County, Minnesota
- U.S. Route 63
- Cantilever bridges in the United States
- 1960 establishments in Minnesota
- 1960 establishments in Wisconsin
- Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States
- Midwestern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Minnesota building and structure stubs
- Minnesota transportation stubs
- Wisconsin building and structure stubs
- Wisconsin transportation stubs