Railroad bridge swing bridge Mississippi River Minnesota

[DSVetDad]

The train sure makes a racket when crossing the joint in the rail between the swing bridge and the solid portion.

[soshmed1]

The center part of the bridge looks mighty flimsy !!

[htc6600]

@soshmed1 The swing bridge is basically two separate truss spans that meet at the pivot and are held together by the lighter framework in the middle.

[Larsky1010]

That's a lot of weight on the center pivot!

[G3RIVER]

Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting. I'm going to attach a video of one I just found in Georgia.

[snowmancandle2]

big gears/pulleys in it to make the bridge turn like that,in my opinion,i think it's so cool..this is 5star video,God Bless

[sideslide23]

wow just like the old Dumbarton rail bridge.

[MilwaukeeSDman]

didnt that bridge used to be owned by the MILW

[streetcarbrad]

Yes, that bridge has a long history, replaced a winter ice bridge/summer ferry service, for the La Crosse Railroad/Milwaukee Road/Soo Line and now Canadian Pacific Railway. It has been rebuilt a number of times.

[1977kb0wqh1996]

One summer day, the bridgetender invited me out on this bridge to take a look around. It is very interesting. This bridge was completed in 1876 and will be soon be replaced by a raising bridge similar to the ones they have in Duluth.

[LesSwattum]

The road looks much improved since I was there last. We used to fish from that first piling. the bridge tenders name was Merle.

[streetcarbrad]

wis465 has a YouTube video from Empire Builder crossing this bridge!

[HighIronofWisconsin]

Awesome catch! You posted this only 2 days before I saw a swing bridge in action in Green Bay.

[petro062]

Now that is cool

[rockchickvw]

Nice! I've been on that bridge before and have been around it...but have never actually seen it in action. Thanks for posting!

[streetcarbrad]

Thanks, was great to see it in action!

[eddieg749]

what road can you go on to see this bridge

[streetcarbrad]

Shore Acres Rd, La Crescent, MN 55947, USA, cut and paste that into google

[sexxymantyler]

now they have a bridge that swings up and down instead of using this now.

[LesSwattum]

I think you are mistaken!!

[mafarnz]

Cool! I have seen a few swing bridges before, never seen one operate.

[giggleblaggle]

We had a bridge like that in Duluth, MN but then a ship crashed into it and it got destroyed.

[tdcadguy]

Very cool! Not to many operable old swing bridges around anymore.

Thanks for sharing the video.

[streetcarbrad]

Thanks!