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The Wabasha Street Bridge is a segmental bridge that spans the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was named Wabasha Street Freedom Bridge in 2002, to commemorate the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. [1] It actually consists of two separate bridges, one for northbound and one for southbound traffic.
History of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota's first capitol building, built in 1854, c.1860. Saint Paul is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, the county seat of Ramsey County, and the state capital of Minnesota. The origin and growth of the city were spurred by the proximity of Fort Snelling, the first major United States ...
The bridge carries two lanes of street traffic over the river and is the highest bridge in St. Paul, with a deck height of 160 ft (49 m) and a clearance below of 149 ft (45 m). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The current bridge replaced a 2,770-foot-long (840 m) iron Warren deck truss bridge constructed in 1889.
St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse. February 11, 1983 15 Kellogg Blvd. W. ... Wabasha Street Bridge. November 6, 1989 (#89001834) June 22, 1998:
Here it passes under a succession of bridges, the Wabasha Street Bridge, St. Paul Union Pacific Vertical-lift Rail Bridge, the Robert Street Bridge, and east of the city center, the Lafayette Bridge. In downtown, next to the Saint Paul Union Depot, the road's name changes from Shepard Road to Warner Road. As Warner Road heads east, it is ...
Feb. 23—In downtown St. Paul, Ecolab Plaza is no more. By resolution of the St. Paul City Council, the pedestrian plaza at the corner of Wabasha and Fifth streets has reverted to its previous ...
Raspberry Island is located in the Mississippi River under the Wabasha Street Bridge. It has a total area of 2 acres (8,094 m 2 ) [2] and sits at an elevation of 696 feet (212 m) above sea level. [1]
Saint Paul: Ramsey: Warren truss Wabasha Street Bridge: 1890, 1900 1989-11-06 removed 1998-06-22 Saint Paul: Ramsey: Cantilever deck truss Yellow Bank Church Campground Bridge: 1893 1989-11-06 removed 1998-06-30 Odessa: Lac qui Parle: Through truss