Broadway Bridge (St. Peter, Minnesota)

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Broadway Bridge

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The bridge reflected in the Minnesota River
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Nearest city St. Peter, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°19′29″N93°57′11″W / 44.32472°N 93.95306°W / 44.32472; -93.95306 (Broadway Bridge) Coordinates: 44°19′29″N93°57′11″W / 44.32472°N 93.95306°W / 44.32472; -93.95306 (Broadway Bridge)
Built 1931
NRHP reference # 99000934 [1]
Designated  August 5, 1999

Broadway Bridge is a Pennsylvania through truss reinforced-concrete highway bridge which carries Minnesota 99 over the Minnesota River in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. [2] It was built in 1931 by the Minneapolis Bridge Company following a skewed steel design by the Minnesota Highway Department. [3]

Minnesota State Highway 99 (MN 99) is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 14 in Nicollet and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 21 in Erin Township, near the city of Faribault.

Minnesota River river in southern Minnesota over 300 miles long

The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of nearly 17,000 square miles (44,000 km2), 14,751 square miles (38,200 km2) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km2) in South Dakota and Iowa.

St. Peter, Minnesota City in Minnesota, United States

St. Peter is a city located in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The city is located 10 miles north of the Mankato – North Mankato metropolitan area. The population was 11,196 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Nicollet County. Saint Peter is the home of Gustavus Adolphus College.

For much of 2017, the Minnesota Department of Transportation closed the bridge for a major rehabilitation which included enclosing it in plastic for the removal of lead paint. [4] [5] The project, which cost about $4.4 million, preserved the bridge, which had been in poor condition, and restored its original dark green color. [6]

The Minnesota Department of Transportation oversees transportation by all modes including land, water, air rail, walking and bicycling in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The cabinet-level agency is responsible for maintaining the state's trunk highway system, funding municipal airports and maintaining radio navigation aids, and other activities. Carol Molnau, who served as Minnesota's lieutenant governor under Tim Pawlenty, led the department as Commissioner of Transportation from the start of the Pawlenty administration in 2003 until her February 2008 removal in the aftermath of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse. Thomas K. "Tom" Sorel succeeded her as commissioner and was reappointed when Mark Dayton became governor. Sorel has resigned from his position effective December 1, 2012, and his deputy commissioner, Bernard J. "Bernie" Arseneau, was appointed to act as interim commissioner. On December 15, 2012, Governor Mark Dayton announced that Charlie Zelle, CEO of Jefferson Lines, would be MnDOT's next commissioner, effective January 15, 2013.

Lead paint

Lead paint or lead-based paint is paint containing lead. As pigment, lead(II) chromate (Pb Cr O4, "chrome yellow"), Lead(II,IV) oxide, (Pb3O4, "red lead"), and lead(II) carbonate (Pb C O3, "white lead") are the most common forms. Lead is added to paint to accelerate drying, increase durability, maintain a fresh appearance, and resist moisture that causes corrosion. It is one of the main health and environmental hazards associated with paint. In some countries, lead continues to be added to paint intended for domestic use, whereas countries such as the U.S. and the UK have regulations prohibiting this, although lead paint may still be found in older properties painted prior to the introduction of such regulations. Although lead has been banned from household paints in the United States since 1978, paint used in road markings may still contain it. Alternatives such as water-based, lead-free traffic paint are readily available, and many states and federal agencies have changed their purchasing contracts to buy these instead.

See also

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Broadway Bridge (Bridge 4930)". Historic Bridges. Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-27. The Broadway Bridge, built in 1931, carries State Highway 99 (also known as Broadway Avenue) over the Minnesota River between the city of Saint Peter in Nicollet County and Oshawa Township in Le Sueur County.
  3. Gardner, Denis (2008). Wood, Concrete, Stone, and Steel: Minnesota's Historic Bridges. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 185. ISBN   9780816646661.
  4. Madsen, Nancy (January 24, 2016). "Historic bridge planned for rehab in 2017". Mankato Free Press . Mankato, Minnesota . Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  5. Narveson, Deanna (November 2, 2017). "Highway 99 bridge project almost halfway through repainting". Mankato Free Press . Mankato, Minnesota.
  6. Madsen, Nancy (November 29, 2017). "Hwy. 99 bridge reopens after rehabilitation". St. Peter Herald. St. Peter, Minnesota.