Prescott Drawbridge

44°44′56″N 92°48′17″W / 44.74889°N 92.80472°W / 44.74889; -92.80472Carries US 10CrossesSt. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota)LocalePrescott, Wisconsin and Denmark Township, MinnesotaOfficial namePrescott Highway BridgeOther name(s)Prescott DrawbridgeID number82010CharacteristicsDesignsteel girder with double-leaf bascule draw spanTotal length672 feet (205 m)Width54 feet (16 m), 4 lanesHeight20 feet (6.1 m)HistoryOpened1990StatisticsDaily traffic13000/dayLocation

The Prescott Drawbridge, also called the Point Douglas Drawbridge, is a steel girder bridge with a double-leaf bascule drawbridge section. The roadbed of the drawbridge span is a steel grate. The bridge carries U.S. 10 across the St. Croix River and connects Prescott, Wisconsin, with the Point Douglas park area of Denmark Township, Minnesota. This is the only highway drawbridge in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area with active traffic. It was completed in 1990 and replaced a rare regional example of a Waddell & Harrington vertical-lift bridge completed in 1922 that operated as a toll bridge from 1923 to 1946.^[1] The environmental impact statement, published in 1979, considered a higher level fixed bridge at this location.^[2]

Adjacent to the road bridge, the BNSF Railway St. Croix Subdivision crosses the St. Croix river on a Vertical-lift bridge.

Gallery

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  The 1922–1990 vertical lift bridge
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  Aerial view of the 1990 bridge and adjacent BNSF Railway vertical-lift bridge
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  BNSF Lift Bridge, Prescott, Wisconsin

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Wisconsin

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