Hastings Rail Bridge

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**Hastings Rail Bridge**
A view of the Hastings Rail Bridge from the west.
Carries	One track of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Hastings, Minnesota
Maintained by	Canadian Pacific Railway
ID number	L-268
Design	Lift bridge
Longest span	324 feet
Total length	1755 feet
Width	One track
Clearance below	60 feet (span lifted), 21.9 feet (span down)
Opening date	1981
Coordinates	44°44′48″N, 92°50′52″W

Hastings Rail Bridge is a lift bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota. It is one of only three lift spans on the Mississippi River, the others being at Hannibal, Missouri and in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. It was built in 1981 by Milwaukee Road and was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff.

It crosses the Mississippi river in a north/south orientation from Hastings just upstream of Point Douglas, where the Saint Croix River empties into the Mississippi river.

Another nearby lift bridge is the Prescott BNSF lift bridge, in Prescott, Wisconsin that crosses the St. Croix River. [1] The two tracks converge at the St. Croix interlocking tower

[edit] See also

List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

[edit] References

Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.