TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT: BRIDGE
DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Subject Files at the
Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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| Creator: |
Minnesota. Department of Transportation.
Bridge Division.
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| Title: | Subject files. |
| Dates: | 1909-2000. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Records documenting numerous aspects of the construction and
maintenance of Minnesota's bridges. |
| Quantity: | 1.9 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 partial
box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Records documenting numerous aspects of the construction and maintenance of Minnesota's bridges.
The records include a log of bridge numbers 10-9889, detailing location, construction, and type;
a diary of construction, upkeep, and examination, and photographs that both use numbers corresponding
to those in the log; a set of blueline reports of state, county, and township bridges; all in-service
structures reports; structures removed from service reports; and photographs of department personnel.
Also files covering bridge historian Alfred St. George and engineer James Buchanan Eads, a bridge
maintenance course, a photographic competition, covered and historic bridges, the Duluth Aerial Lift
Bridge, a Great Lakes Shipwreck Conference, and tunnels.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Minnesota. Department of Transportation. Bridge Division. Subject Files.
Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 979-105; 980-35; 2005-04; 2011-67
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001709830
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 107.E.2.9B | | All In-Service Structures report, August 25, 2000. |
| | | A report listing several thousand state bridges still
in service as of the date this report was created by the department;
listed in strict numerical order by bridge number. Includes bridge
number, route system and number, county, section, township, range,
feature crossed, and year built. |
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| | Blue lines, compiled circa 1940. 2 folders. |
| | | Report of state, county and township bridges, including bridge number,
section, township, type of bridge, date built, ton rating. |
| | | Arranged alphabetically by county. |
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| | Bridge diary, 1909-1919. 6 folders. |
| | | Handwritten diary; contains scattered entries pertaining to bridge
construction, upkeep, and examination. |
| | | Organized by bridge number (Nos. 54-599; incomplete), with the numbers
corresponding to those in the bridge log. |
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| | Bridge Historian, Alfred St. George, 1994. |
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| | Bridge log, undated. 2 folders. |
| | | Photocopy of the original held by the Minnesota Transportation Department;
documents several thousand state bridges. It lists bridge number (Nos. 10 –
9889), county number, road, section, township, range, year of construction,
type of bridge, replacement information when applicable, and remarks. The
remarks most often contain dimensions and the physical feature being bridged
(city, river, ditch, sidewalk, railroad). The bridges documented appear to
have been constructed from the 1880s through the 1970s. A list of the county
codes and names is included in the first folder. |
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| | Bridge maintenance course, 1995. |
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| | Bridge photograph competition, 1949-1952. |
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| | Covered bridges, undated, 1963, 1987-1997. 2 folders. |
| | | Newspaper and magazine articles. |
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| | Duluth Lift Bridge and transfer car restoration, 1932, 1977, 2002. |
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| | Eads, James Buchanan, circa 1960s-1990s. |
| | | Inventor, Bridge Engineer, Steam Boat Captain. |
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| | Great Lakes Shipwreck Conference, 1995-1997. |
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| | Historic bridges: |
| | | Includes reports, magazine and newspaper articles and photographs. |
| | | Articles, undated, 1992-1997. |
| | | | Newspaper and magazines. |
| | | Bloomington City, circa 1950s-2000. |
| | | | Early history compilations. |
| | | Canal Park Marine Museum, circa 1984-1997. |
| | | | Duluth, Minnesota. |
| | | Correspondence, 1997-1999. |
| | | Don Beaty, West Salem, Wisconsin, 1996-1997. |
| | | General, circa 1932-2004. 3 folders. |
| | | | Reports, publications, lists of bridges and newspaper articles. |
| | | Natural Register of Historic Bridges, 1996. |
| | | St. Croix County, Hudson, Wisconsin, circa 1990s. |
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| 107.E.2.10F | | | Top Ten Historic Bridges in Minnesota, 1997. |
| | | Zumbrota Covered Bridge, circa 1990s. |
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| | Memos, survey, newspaper articles, circa 1939-1953. |
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| | Minnesota bridge history book research, 1993-1996. |
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| | Photographs, undated, 1909–1970s. |
| | | The folders include scattered letters, reports, statistics, and related data.
The numbers used for these photographs also correspond to the bridge log.
The majority of the photographs are identified; fewer are dated. |
| | | Unidentified bridges. 2 folders. |
| | | Bridge railings. |
| | | | Includes Bridge No. 5122. |
| | | Concrete arch bridges (non-Minnesota). |
| | | County bridge, Grand Rapids vicinity. |
| | | Department personnel, undated, 1914, 1950s-1970s. |
| | | | Staff group photographs, individual portraits, retirement parties, most
are unidentified. |
| | | Highway project on U.S. 63, East of Red Wing. |
| | | F.A.P. 529-F. |
| | | Bridge on Trunk Highway 71, Koochiching County. |
| | | Courtland Bridge, New Ulm. |
| | | Bridge No. 344. |
| | | Bridge No. 412. |
| | | Bridge No. 1318. |
| | | Bridge No. 1594. |
| | | Bridge No. 1604. |
| | | Bridge No. 1845. |
| | | Bridge No. 2026. |
| | | Bridge No. 2276. |
| | | Bridge No. 2342. |
| | | Bridge No. 2847. |
| | | Bridge No. 3041. |
| | | Bridge No. 3094. |
| | | Bridge No. 3118; unidentified bridge, near Good Thunder.
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| | | Bridge No. 3262. |
| | | Bridge No. 3459. |
| | | Bridge No. 3555. |
| | | Bridge No. 3623. |
| | | Bridge No. 3626. |
| | | Bridge No. 3688. |
| | | Bridge No. 3770. |
| | | Bridge No. 3929. |
| | | Bridge No. 3969. |
| | | Bridge No. 4007. |
| | | Bridge No. 4047. |
| | | Bridge No. 4106. |
| | | Bridge No. 4187. |
| | | Bridge No. 4232. |
| | | Bridge No. 4551. |
| | | Bridge No. 4598. |
| | | Bridge No. 4612. |
| | | Bridge No. 4698. |
| | | Bridge No. 4728. |
| | | Bridge No. 4740. |
| | | Bridge No. 4926. |
| | | Bridge No. 4951. |
| | | Bridge No. 5074. |
| | | Bridge No. 5083. |
| | | Bridge No. 5156. |
| | | Bridge No. 5379. |
| | | Bridge No. 5441. |
| | | Bridge No. 5541. |
| | | Bridge No. 5600. |
| | | Bridge No. 5602. |
| | | Bridge No. 5950. |
| | | Bridge No. 5955. |
| | | Bridge No. 6259. |
| | | Bridge No. 6285. |
| | | Bridge Nos. 6584, 6585, St. Paul. |
| | | Bridge No. 6824. |
| | | Bridge No. 6919. |
| | | Bridge No. 6944. |
| | | Bridge No. 6969. |
| | | Bridge No. 8529. |
| | | Trunk Highway 94, I-35E to Rice Street, St. Paul. |
| | | | Taken during construction. |
| | | Capitol Approach Area, St. Paul. |
| | | | Taken during construction. |
| | | S.P. No. 6982-03, IR-35, St. Paul. |
| | | | Taken prior to construction. |
| | | I-35W bridge over Lake Street, Minneapolis. |
| | | | Taken during construction. |
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| 129.F.11.6F-2 | | | Bridges, circa 1920s-1950s. 4 folders. |
| | | | Counties represented are Anoka, Clay, Crow Wing, Cook, Dakota, Goodhue,
Hennepin, Houston, Le Sueur, Marshall, Ramsey, Redwood, St. Louis,
Wabasha, Washington, Winona. |
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| 107.E.2.10F | | Publications, 1970s-1990s. |
| | | Covering railways, highways, steamboat and the Iron Range. |
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| | Repaired bridges, 1977, 1996. |
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| | Requests for county bridge status reports, 1943-1946. |
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| | Structures Removed from Service report, August 22, 2000. |
| | | A report listing several thousand state bridges no longer in operation
as of the date the report was created; listed in strict numerical order by bridge number.
Includes bridge number, section, township, range, year built, and the replacement, usually
a bridge number. |
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| | Tunnel history, 1996-2000. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Bridges -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Bridges -- Minnesota -- Design and
construction.
- Bridges -- Minnesota -- Maintenance and
repair.
- Bridges -- Inspections -- Minnesota.
- Covered bridges -- Minnesota.
- Historic bridges -- Minnesota.
- Shipwrecks -- Great Lakes (North America).
- Tunnels -- Minnesota. -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Eads, James Buchanan,
1820-1887.
- St. George, Alfred.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Department of
Highways.
- Minnesota. Bridge Division.
- Places:
- Aerial Lift Bridge (Duluth, Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Blueprints (reprographic copies).
- Photographs.
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