Colorado_Street_Bridge_(Saint_Paul,_Minnesota)

Colorado Street Bridge (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

Colorado Street Bridge (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

United States historic place

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]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Minnesota's Historic Bridges: Colorado Street Bridge". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Engineering and Building Record. November 23, 1889.
  4. [4]
    Schofield, Reginald B. (2000). Benjamin Outram, 1764–1805: An Engineering Biography. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press. pp. 149–154. ISBN 1-898937-42-7.
  5. [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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