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Beef Slough Bridge
MN-60/WI-25 Mississippi River Crossing At Wabasha
Wabasha, Minnesota

Beef Slough Bridge

• Structure ID: NBI B06002100000000.
• Location: River Mile 760.2.
• River Elevation: 667 Feet.
• Highway: MN-60, WI-25.
• Daily Traffic Count: 5,300 (2002).
• Bridge Type: Concrete Girder, Concrete Deck.
• Length: 562 Feet Overall, 70 Foot Main Span.
• Width: 28 Feet, 2 Lanes.
• Navigation Channel Width: 67 Feet.
• Height Above Water: 10 Feet.
• Date Built: Opened 1956.
There are five bridges as part of the Wabasha-Nelson Mississippi River crossing. The main channel bridge is at the state line. The Beef Slough Bridge is the second causeway bridge heading east from Minnesota, and it is located a mile and one tenth east of the state line.

The bridge itself is nearly a carbon copy of the Pontoon Slough Bridge, with the only visible difference being that the Beef Slough Bridge is four feet longer.


Beef Slough Bridge
Beef Slough Bridge

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