Smith Avenue High Bridge, Smith Avenue between Cherokee Avenue & Cliff Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
Summary
Significance: The Smith Avenue High Bridge, a nineteenth century wrought iron Warren deck truss, is the longest and highest roadway truss bridge in Minnesota. It was designed by Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the leading bridge building firm of the era. It provided an important link in the development of the heights area of St. Paul's west side.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HAER MN-5
Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1984
Tags
vehicular bridges
minnesota
smith
high
bridge
smith avenue high bridge
smith avenue
cherokee
cherokee avenue
cliff
cliff street
saint paul
ramsey
ramsey county
david r gonzalez
historic american engineering record
susan hodapp
keystone bridge company
jean p yearby
ultra high resolution
high resolution
st paul
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Keystone Bridge Company
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Gonzalez, David R, photographer
Hodapp, Susan, historian
Location
minnesota
,
44.93543, -93.11159
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html