Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Des Moines River on Us 71 in Jackson
- Location
- Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1954. Previous span was a riveted Parker through truss bridge built in 1924. It was relocated to the State Street Bridge site at the time of its replacement.
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 64.0 ft.
Total length: 168.0 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
- Also called
- VFW Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.62667, -94.99167 (decimal degrees)
43°37'36" N, 94°59'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/339320/4832336 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Jackson NW
- Inventory number
- BH 36409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 77.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 6,700