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Historic Kern Bridge Goes to Mankato
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) issued a news release detailing the selection site for the historic bow-string arch Kern Bridge in Mankato. Below is the MnDOT information. A steering committee has selected the city of Mankato as the new owner of the historic Kern Bridge. Mankato will receive federal funding (80 percent of cost) to relocate and rehabilitate the historic bow-string arch bridge that traversed the Le Sueur River from 1873 to 2020 in Blue Earth County. Mankato’s winning plan is to place the Kern Bridge less than five miles downstream from the original site over the Blue Earth River, connecting Land of Memories Park to Sibley Park, fulfilling a strong need identified in the Minnesota River State Trail Master Plan as well as other local and regional trail plans.
Mankato is getting a new historic bridge
The City of Mankato is the new owner of the historic Kerns Bridge. The wrought-iron, bowstring arch through truss bridge is the longest of its kind in the country.
Credit: Minnesota Department of Transportation
Kern Bridge in its original location. Author: Val Lick (KARE) Updated: 6:06 PM CST January 27, 2021
The city of Mankato is the new owner of a very old bridge.
Built in 1873, the Kern Bridge is one of the oldest bridges in the state. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), it s the only bow-string arch bridge in Minnesota – and at 189 feet, it s the longest of its kind in the country.