Kern Bridge


Kern Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Kern Bridge in 1990
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Nearest city	Skyline, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°6′35.3″N 94°2′30.8″W / 44.109806°N 94.041889°W / 44.109806; -94.041889Coordinates: 44°6′35.3″N 94°2′30.8″W / 44.109806°N 94.041889°W / 44.109806; -94.041889
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1873
Architect	Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Architectural style	Bowstring through truss
MPS	Blue Earth County MRA
NRHP Reference #	80001950^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1980

Kern Bridge or Yaeger Bridge crosses the Le Sueur River in Blue Earth County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was built in 1873 using a bowstring through truss design by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. It is 183.5 feet (56 m) long and carries a local road.^[2]^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as Minnesota's only bowstring arch truss bridge and oldest road bridge still in use.^[4] However it was closed to vehicle traffic in 1991.^[5]

References

↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
↑ "CRUbridgeappa" (PDF). MNDot.
↑ Gimmestad, Dennis (January 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Kern Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
↑ Linehan, Dan (2007-05-16). "Old bridge needs new use". Mankato Free Press. Mankato, Minn. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

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