This bridge was a small, yet historic Deck Plate Girder structure in Hopkins. It was located just east of Blake Road.
While the bridge is a simple dual span, it was made more characterized by the stone abutments it sits on.
No builder can be traced for the bridge. At the end of the bridges life, it served the highly popular Cedar Lake Trail.
As of 2019, the bridge had been closed and was demolished and replaced with a prefabricated bridge as part of the Southwest Light Rail project.
After considerable review of documents, the author found no evidence that a section 106 review on this bridge was carried out. As a historic property that will be adversely affected through the use of federal funds, the author believes that the HCRRA has overlooked the history of this bridge.
The bridge sat directly next to the TC&W Bridge over the same creek.
The author ranks this bridge as being locally significant, due to the common design.
The photo above is an overview.