Claim to fame: first and only pre-tensioned concrete box girder bridge built in Minnesota. The bridge is made up of a series of concrete boxes which are held together by cables running the length of the bridge under high tension.

This is the 3rd bridge to stand at this location. The first was the "Upper Bridge", a wooden structure built in 1874. An iron truss bridge was installed in 1886, with major rebuilds in 1913 and 1952.