The Colorado Street Bridge also known as Bridge L-8803 is a masonry and brick arch bridge in Saint Paul, Minnesota's West Side neighborhood. It is 58 feet (18 m) wide and consists of a single oblique span of 70 feet 6 inches (21.49 m)[2] that was built with the arch courses running parallel to the abutments, leading to a weaker structure than other skew arch construction methods,[3] known as a false skew arch.[4] It was designed in 1888 by Andreas W. Munster of the Saint Paul Engineer's Office[2] and is now restricted to pedestrian traffic.[5]
Colorado Street Bridge | |
Location | East side of South Wabasha Street near Terrace Park Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 44°56′5″N 93°5′3″W / 44.93472°N 93.08417°W |
Built | 1888 |
Architect | Andreas W. Munster, O'Brien Brothers |
Architectural style | False skew arch |
MPS | Minnesota Masonry-Arch Highway Bridges MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000977[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 5, 1990 |
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