Bridge No. 1482

Bridge No. 1482
Bridge No. 1482 in Schoneman County Park.
Bridge No. 1482 is located in Minnesota
Bridge No. 1482
Nearest cityLuverne, Minnesota
Coordinates43°37′45″N 96°12′36″W / 43.62917°N 96.21000°W / 43.62917; -96.21000 (Bridge No. 1482)
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Built byHewett Bridge Co.
Architectural styleSingle-span pony truss
MPSIron and Steel Bridges in Minnesota MPS
NRHP reference No.92000775[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1992

Bridge No. 1482 is a king post pony truss bridge in Luverne Township, Minnesota, immediately south of the city of Luverne. The bridge, built in 1908, originally crossed the Rock River on a rural roadway on the boundary between Luverne and Clinton Township. In 1990, the Rock River bridge was replaced by a stronger bridge, and Bridge No. 1482 was moved to Schoneman County Park.[2]

A 1907 Minnesota law required counties to pay half the cost of any bridge built within their borders. On July 13, 1908, the supervisor of Luverne Township petitioned the Rock County board for the construction of a bridge over the Rock River. The county board awarded the contract to the Hewett Bridge Company of Minneapolis the next week. It ended up being one of twenty bridges built in Rock County in 1908.[3]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It is the only known steel, pin-connected, king-post pony truss bridge left in Minnesota.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Gardner, Denis P. (2008). Wood, Concrete, Stone, Steel: Minnesota's Historic Bridges. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 60–61, 191. ISBN 978-0-8166-4666-1.
  3. ^ Hess, Roise and Company. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bridge No. 1482". National Park Service. Retrieved November 25, 2025. With accompanying pictures
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