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Smith Avenue High Bridge, Smith Avenue between Cherokee Avenue & Cliff Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

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Smith Avenue High Bridge, Smith Avenue between Cherokee Avenue & Cliff Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

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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

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Keystone Bridge Company
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Gonzalez, David R, photographer
Hodapp, Susan, historian
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Location

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Library of Congress
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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

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