Colorado Street Bridge

E side of S. Wabasha St. near Terrace Park, St. Paul, Minnesota. County/parish: Ramsey.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 05, 1990. NRIS 90000977.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Bridge No. L8803

From Wikipedia:

Colorado Street Bridge (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

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) that was built with the arch courses running parallel to the abutments, leading to a weaker structure than other skew arch construction methods, known as a false skew arch. It was designed in 1888 by Andreas W. Munster of the Saint Paul Engineer's Office and is now restricted to pedestrian traffic.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93200775

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