Parrish Avenue Bridge

The Parrish Avenue Bridge is a concrete girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Otsego, Minnesota and Elk River, Minnesota. It was built in 1985 and was designed by Toltz, King, Duval and Anderson.

Parrish Avenue Bridge
Coordinates	45°18′06″N 93°33′56″W
Carries	Two lanes of County Road 42
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Elk River, Minnesota
Maintained by	Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number	86515
Characteristics
Design	Concrete girder bridge
Total length	450 feet
Width	46 feet
Longest span	112 feet
Clearance below	13.8 feet
History
Opened	1985
Statistics
Daily traffic	7200
Location

The previous bridge in this location, built in 1906, was designed by C.A.P. Turner's engineering firm. Since it could not be determined that C.A.P. Turner himself had designed the bridge, however, the old bridge was not saved or included on the National Register of Historic Places. Despite the historic nature of the old bridge, it had deteriorated to the point where it had to be demolished in 1984.

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

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