The Wabasha–Nelson Bridge is a truss bridge that connects Wabasha, Minnesota with

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, crossing the Mississippi River. The bridge has a street setup, with one lane for motor vehicles in each direction. It carries Minnesota State Highway 60 and WI 25. The current bridge replaced a bridge built in 1931 that was only 19 feet wide and had two right angles on the Minnesota side. The bridge was constructed in a unique way: the 470-foot truss span was built on

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on two barges out of the current and the main river channel. When the truss section was completed, engineers floated the span on its barges down the river. The bridge was positioned higher than the supports so it could be brought into place. Once the span was in place, the barges were flooded to bring the bridge into position vertically. This operation took only eight hours to complete. Through legislation passed in 2014, the bridge was named "Michael Duane Clickner Memorial Bridge", honoring a Wabasha native killed during the Vietnam War.

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* Truss bridges in the United States Road bridges in Minnesota Bridges over the Mississippi River Bridges completed in 1931 Bridges completed in 1988 Buildings and structures in Wabasha County, Minnesota Transportation in Wabasha County, Minnesota Road bridges in Wisconsin Wabasha, Minnesota Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States {{Wisconsin-bridge-struct-stub

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