Lanesboro Root River Railroad South Crossing
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Facts
- Overview
- Pratt pony truss bridge over Root River just 0.2 miles west of Hwy. 250 Bridge on MN Southern Railroad (now Root River Trail)
- Location
- Fillmore County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Previous span consisted of a wooden Howe through truss bridge. Bridge was washed out during the flooding of 1900 and was subsequentially replaced with the current structure.
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.72308, -91.97012 (decimal degrees)
43°43'23" N, 91°58'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/582953/4841632 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 36297 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 18, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated GPS coordinates
- February 21, 2008: Added by Jason Smith