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Modern day: Side view

Color photo by Martin Waters
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Historic photo: Portal view

Historic photos provided by Mary Coons of the Hanover Historical Society
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Historic photo: Close-up of portal

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Historic photo: View from dam

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Historic photo from 1906

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Crow River at Hanover in St. Michael
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1885 by the Morse Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio. Closed to traffic in December 1966.
Builder
- Morse Bridge Co.
Design
Wrought-iron, pin-connected, 10-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 231.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.15350, -93.66175   (decimal degrees)
45°09'13" N, 93°39'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79001268 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 20676 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

10-panel truss (47)
19th Century (1,763)
Built 1885 (66)
Built during 1880s (493)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (58)
Minnesota (426)
Morse Bridge Co. (7)
NR-listed (1,486)
Open to pedestrians (422)
Owned by county (14,187)
Pin-connected (443)
Pratt truss (1,460)
Through truss (5,282)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,789)
Truss (15,838)
Wooden deck (5,161)
Wright County, Minnesota (1)
Wrought iron (8)

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