MN 55 over Mississippi River, Mendota, Minnesota. County/parish: Dakota.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 01, 1978. NRIS 78001534.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Mendota Bridge (full name Fort Snelling–Mendota Bridge), in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highway 55 (MN 55) and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. It is the final bridge over the Minnesota River before the Minnesota flows into the Mississippi River at the "Meeting of the waters" or "Mendota" in the Dakota language. Traffic on the north end of the bridge may turn onto the Fort Road Bridge (MN 5) to cross the Mississippi River into Saint Paul, Minnesota. The skylines of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul can be seen simultaneously from the bridge.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201612