Highway 3 Bridge

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The Brainerd & Northern narrow gauge logging railroad crossed the Mississippi River at this site, on a bridge built in 1884. It supplied the mills in Brainerd from the forests north of the city. The bridge was converted for road use, and lasted until 1950. The current bridge carries Crow Wing County Highway 3 over the river, and dates from 1951.
www.johnweeks.com/headwaters/pages02/co25brainerd.html
www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/Brainerd/rail3....

There were railroad bridges built to cross the Mississippi River at 56 locations, and 36 of them are still in use by freight railroads.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainerd,_Minnesota
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Coordinates:   46°22'59"N   94°10'34"W
This article was last modified 16 years ago