Shanaska Creek Bridge | |
Nearest city | Kasota, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 44°15′59″N 93°53′54″W / 44.26639°N 93.89833°W |
Built | 1875 |
NRHP reference No. | 81000681[1] |
Designated | February 17, 1981 |
The Shanaska Creek Bridge, also called Washington Park Bridge and officially Bridge 4846, is an iron 8 panel pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge[2] which was erected in 1875 over the Blue Earth River in the U.S. State of Minnesota and moved twice since.[3] It was built near Vernon Center, Minnesota by Soulerin, James, and Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4]
In 1929, it was placed over Minnesota State Highway 22 to carry Le Sueur County Road 102.[3] It was the oldest bridge of its type left in the state[5] when it was listed at that location on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[6]
It was moved again in 1984[3] to its present location where it carries a hiking and bicycle path over Shanaska Creek in Lake Washington Park near Kasota, Minnesota.[7]
In 2011, Randy Walker covered the bridge in colorful fabric[8] to create a temporary art installation called Passage.[9]