Colorado Street Bridge (Saint Paul, Minnesota)


Colorado Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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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 / 44.93472; -93.08417Coordinates: 44°56′5″N 93°5′3″W / 44.93472°N 93.08417°W / 44.93472; -93.08417
Built	1888
Architect	Andreas W. Munster, O'Brien Brothers
Architectural style	False skew arch
MPS	Minnesota Masonry-Arch Highway Bridges MPS
NRHP Reference #	90000977^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 5, 1990

The Colorado Street Bridge also known as Bridge No. 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 Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Minnesota's Historic Bridges: Colorado Street Bridge". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
↑ Engineering and Building Record. 23 Nov 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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