The Shanaska Creek Bridge, also called Washington Park Bridge and officially Bridge 4846, is an iron 8 panel pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge[2] which was erected in 1875 over the Blue Earth River in the U.S. State of Minnesota and moved twice since.[3] It was built near Vernon Center, Minnesota by Soulerin, James, and Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4]
Bridge No. 4846 | |
 The bridge in Lake Washington County Park | |
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| Location | 47102 Washington Park Road, Kasota Township, Minnesota |
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| Nearest city | Kasota, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44°15′59″N 93°53′54″W / 44.26639°N 93.89833°W |
| Built | 1875 |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000681[1] |
| Designated | February 17, 1981 |
In 1929, it was placed over Minnesota State Highway 22 to carry Le Sueur County Road 102.[3] It was the oldest bridge of its type left in the state[5] when it was listed at that location on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[6]
It was moved again in 1984[3] to its present location where it carries a hiking and bicycle path over Shanaska Creek in Lake Washington Park near Kasota, Minnesota.[7]
In 2011, Randy Walker covered the bridge in colorful fabric[8] to create a temporary art installation called Passage.[9]
See also
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Holth, Nathan (June 2, 2013). "Washington Park Bridge (CR-102 MN-22 Bridge)". HistoricBridges.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ a b c Gardner, Denis (2008). Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel: Minnesota's Historic Bridges. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780816646661.
- ^ Hess, Jeffrey A. (1988). Final Report of the Minnesota Historic Bridge Survey. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. State Historic Preservation Office. p. 209.
The 1875 bridge erected by Soulerin, James, and Company over the Blue Earth River at Vernon Center now stands in a park in LeSueur County.
- ^ Bloomberg, Britta (August 1980). "MINNESOTA HISTORIC PROPERTIES INVENTORY FORM: Bridge #4846" (PDF). Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 110. ISBN 0873517458.
- ^ "Bridge 4846". Historic Bridges. Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
Bridge 4846 is a Pratt through truss located in Lake Washington Park in Kasota Township in Le Sueur County.
- ^ Ojanpa, Brian (November 6, 2011). "Artist wraps park bridge with colored fibers". Free Press. Mankato, Minnesota. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
The 1875 Shanaska Creek bridge in Lake Washington County Park has been cocooned in a cacophony of color — about 48,000 ribbon feet of it.
- ^ "Passage". Museum without Walls. cultureNOW. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
In this project, an historic 1875 wrought iron bridge was used as a framework for an artistic intervention.