Stillwater Lift Bridge

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The Stillwater Lift Bridge is a historic vertical-lift bridge over the St. Croix River connecting Stillwater, Minnesota, and Houlton, Wisconsin, now serving primarily as a pedestrian and bicycle crossing.

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Stillwater Lift Bridge canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic bridge
vertical-lift bridge
builder Minneapolis Bridge Company
carries bicycles
pedestrians
connects Houlton, Wisconsin
Stillwater, Minnesota
convertedTo pedestrian and bicycle trail
country United States
crosses St. Croix River
crossesBorderBetween Minnesota
Wisconsin
design vertical-lift
designer Minnesota Highway Department
Wisconsin Highway Commission
formerHighway Minnesota State Highway 36
Wisconsin State Highway 64
formerUse road traffic
function river crossing
hasHeritageValue engineering significance
transportation history significance
hasLiftOperation allows passage of river traffic
hasLiftSpan yes
hasNumberOfSpans 7
hasToll no
hasTrafficLanes 2 (when open to vehicles)
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Washington County, Minnesota
locatedInCity Stillwater
locatedNearCommunity Houlton NERFINISHED
maintainedBy Minnesota Department of Transportation
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
material steel
namedAfter Stillwater, Minnesota
notableFor rare surviving example of vertical-lift highway bridge
NRHPListingDate 1989
NRHPReferenceNumber 89001658
openingDate 1931
owner State of Minnesota
linked to: Minnesota

State of Wisconsin
linked to: Wisconsin
partOf St. Croix Crossing project (historic conversion component)
linked to: St. Croix Crossing
region Midwestern United States
river St. Croix River
state Minnesota
Wisconsin
status closed to motor vehicles
open to pedestrians and bicycles

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Minnesota State Highway 36 formerBridgeUsed Stillwater Lift Bridge
Stillwater, Minnesota connectedBy Stillwater Lift Bridge
Stillwater, Minnesota hasStructure Stillwater Lift Bridge
St. Croix River at Stillwater, Minnesota hasViewOf Stillwater Lift Bridge
St. Croix Crossing replaced Stillwater Lift Bridge
St. Croix Crossing reducedTrafficOn Stillwater Lift Bridge