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The Hanover Bridge is a historic metal pin-connected Pratt through
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spanning the Crow River between
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and
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, United States, on the border of
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and Hennepin Counties. It is the second-oldest
Pratt truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
bridge remaining in Minnesota. The Hanover Bridge was listed on the
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in 1979 for having local significance in the themes of engineering and transportation. It was nominated as a well-preserved example of a bridge type once common in Wright County.


Construction

The Hanover Bridge was built in 1885 by the Morse Bridge Company of
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. The company later changed its name to the Youngstown Bridge Company, and merged into the
American Bridge Company The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures. Founded in 1900, the company is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsb ...
in 1900. The Hanover Bridge is long, with a roadbed and a vertical clearance. Its wooden deck was replaced in 1965 in a style similar to the original.


Weight limitations

The bridge carried traffic until December 1966, although its weight limit was rather low. Children riding
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es to school would have to get off on one side and walk across the bridge, and then the bus would slowly drive across and pick up the students on the other side. Although the bridge was later replaced by a modern concrete structure to the west, the old bridge is in use as a pedestrian bridge. Hanover citizens renovated the bridge in the 1980s. Additional rehabilitation work was completed in 2004.


See also

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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota This is a list of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Minnesota. References External links Historic Bridges
€“Minnesota Department of Transportation {{NRHP bridges Bridges on the National Register ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota This list is of the properties and historic districts which are designated on the National Register of Historic Places or that were formerly so designated, in Hennepin County, Minnesota; there are 195 entries as of November 2024. A significan ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Wright County, Minnesota This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wright County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wright County, Minnesota, Uni ...


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Hanover Bridge (Bridge 92366)
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