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Bridges

Winona Bridges

  • Lost Bridge: BN Winona Bridge Railway Company Swing Bridge
  • Box Girder Ruin: Chicago and North Western Railway Winona Railway Swing Bridge
  • Through truss MN-43: Main Channel Bridge

  • Address: MN-43 (Winona St)
  • Vicinity: SE end of Third St, Mississippi River
  • Type: Bridge
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

The Winona Bridge is a series of structures that span the Mississippi River in the United States between Winona, Minnesota, and Buffalo, Wisconsin.

The Main Channel Bridge, actually a pair of bridges, carries Minnesota State Highway 43 across the main channel of the Mississippi River from the south bank in central Winona to Latsch Island. The pair of structures that constitute the Winona Bridge south of Latsch Island include a steel cantilever through truss bridge and a concrete box girder bridge. The North Channel Bridge carries MN-43, which continues as Wisconsin Highway 54, from Latsch Island to Buffalo, Wisconsin.

Just south of the Winona Bridge on each side of Latsch Island are remaining sections of the CNW Winona Railroad Bridge. Further east, near the end of E 3rd Street in Winona, is the site of the 1891 BN Winona Railroad Crossing bridge. Demolished in October 1990 after a fire, the largest remains of this crossing are two built up rail ends. The Winona Bridge Railway was incorporated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Green Bay, Winona, and Saint Paul Railroad to facilitate the building of a rail bridge at Winona. The total trackage of this short line railroad was just over one mile, consisting of the bridge and the approach lines. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1891/08/01 Union Bridge Company Fabricator BN Winona Railroad Crossing opens across the Mississippi at the SE end of 3rd St. Built by George Morison and the Union Bridge Co for the Winona Bridge Railroad Company, the structure was razed in 1990 after a fire destroys the trestle approach spans.
1891/08/01 George S Morison Engineer BN Winona Railroad Crossing opens, spanning the Mississippi near the SE end of 3rd St. George S Morison designed the 1700 ft structure with a 270 ft swing span section. The bridge was removed in 1990 after a fire destroyed the trestle approach spans.
1899/00/00 Detroit Bridge and Iron Works Fabricator The CNW Winona Railroad Bridge, a steel deck plate girder trestle with a through truss swing span, is built across the Mississippi by the Detroit Bridge and Iron Works Co. What remains of this structure is the ruin located east of the Main Channel Bridge.
1928/00/00 Chicago and North Western Railway Owner All but the swing span of the CNW Winona Railroad Bridge are rebuilt by the Chicago and Northwestern RR. Abandoned in the 1970s, much of the bridge was removed in 1977. What remains of this structure is the ruin located east of the Main Channel Bridge.
1942/00/00 American Bridge Company Fabricator Main Channel Bridge is erected to carry Winona Street over the Mississippi River, replacing a bridge built in 1892. The 2,282ft cantilever through truss structure carries north bound MN Hwy 43.
1990/00/00 Green Bay and Western Railroad Company Co-Owner Built in 1891 by George S Morison and the Union Bridge Co for the Winona Bridge Railroad Company, the BN Winona Railroad Crossing is razed after a fire destroyed the trestle approach spans.
2016/00/00 A new concrete Main Channel Bridge is erected to carry Winona Street over the Mississippi River. The concrete box girder structure carries south bound MN Hwy 43.

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Particulars for Winona Bridges:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Structure type Bridge
Bridge Type Cantilever Bridge
Area of Significance Engineering
Area of Significance Railroad
Building Material Steel
Sight Category Structure
Bridge Truss Type Through Truss
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 85003614
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Union Bridge Co.; Morison,George S.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Swing bridge
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Engineering, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1891
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Rail-related

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