Highway 25 Bridge (Minnesota)

Bridge in Minnesota, United States

For other uses, see Highway 25 Bridge (disambiguation).

Monticello Highway Bridge

Coordinates| 45°18′31″N 93°47′29″W﻿ / ﻿45.30861°N 93.79139°W﻿ / 45.30861; -93.79139
Carries| Four lanes of  MN 25
Crosses| Mississippi River
Locale| Monticello, Minnesota
Maintained by| Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number| 71012
Characteristics
Design| Concrete girder bridge
Total length| 1007 feet
Width| 68 feet
Longest span| 111 feet
Clearance below| 24 feet
History
Opened| 1988
Location

Highway 25 Bridge is a concrete girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Monticello, Minnesota and Big Lake, Minnesota. It was built in 1988 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and was designed by VanDoren Hazard Stallings.

The previous bridge in this location, built in 1930, was a humpback truss bridge with a decorative wrought iron railing. One unique feature about the 1930 bridge was that it had restrooms built into the bridge, underneath the sidewalk in the southwest corner next to the bridge abutment. The restrooms were closed in 1962 when it was determined that they could not easily be connected to the new sewage treatment plant. Replacement restrooms were built in the nearby park.

The first bridge built at Monticello over the Mississippi River was completed in 1893.[1] It was a wooden swing-span bridge, which could swing to allow river vessels to pass along the river.[1]

## See also[edit]

* List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

## References[edit]

1. ^ Princeton Union newspaper. Princeton, Minnesota. Thursday, June 11, 1893. Volume 17, Number 21. Page 2, Column 5.

* Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.

Crossings of the Mississippi River

| Upstream
New I-94 and Highway 10 Interregional Connection Bridge (future)
| Highway 25 Bridge
| Downstream
Parrish Avenue Bridge

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