gr00600.xml Transportation Department: Bridge Division: An Inventory of Its Bridge Research Files at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, July 2012 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Department of Transportation. Bridge Division. Bridge research files. circa 1905-circa 2002. Materials in English. Research files compiled by Department of Transportation employee, Martin Herbers. 8.2 cubic feet (9 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The files include photographs, negatives, architectural drawings, lists of state and county bridges, county engineer correspondence, blueprints, maps, clippings, and reports detailing bridge maintenance, inspections, repairs, and renewals, and area history. The bridge materials begin around 1920; the historical information goes back to the 1850s.

 ARRANGEMENT

Arranged in two chronologically overlapping series; each alphabetical by county.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Bridges -- Minnesota -- Photographs. Bridges -- Minnesota -- Design and construction. Bridges -- Minnesota -- Maintenance and repair. Bridges -- Inspection -- Minnesota. Engineers -- Minnesota. Persons: Herbers, Martin. Organizations: Minnesota. Department of Highways. Minnesota. Bridge Division. Places: Minnesota -- History. Document Types: Architectural drawings. Blueprints (reprographic copies). Photographs. Specfications. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Bridge Division. Bridge Research Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2011-67

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 007538659

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Series 1, circa 1920s-1990s.

Some folders include bridge numbers.

Arranged in alphabetical order by county name.

106.J.5.1B Aitkin. 11 folders. Anoka. 3 folders. Becker. Beltrami. Benton. 5 folders. Big Stone.

Includes a county centennial history.

Blue Earth. 3 folders. 106.J.5.2F Brown. 4 folders. Carlton. 4 folders.

Includes a pictorial history of the 1918 forest fires in northern Minnesota.

Carver. Cass. 9 folders.

Includes Walker centennial material.

Chippewa. Chisago. Clay. 9 folders. Clearwater. Cook. 4 folders. Cottonwood. 2 folders. Crow Wing. 6 folders. Dakota. 2 folders. 106.J.5.3B Dodge.

Includes material on Mantorville, Hayfield, Kasson, and Dodge Center’s centennials and the county’s 125 year anniversary.

Douglas.

Includes historical material on the railroad in western Douglas County.

Faribault. Fillmore. 6 folders.

Includes material on Preston’s 125th anniversary and Lanesboro and Spring Valley’s centennials.

Freeborn.

Includes several county histories.

Goodhue. 5 folders. Grant.

Includes historical material on Douglas and Grant counties.

Hennepin. 15 folders. Houston. 8 folders. 106.J.5.4F Hubbard. 2 folders.

Includes material on the county’s 1880s settlement and its centennial.

Isanti. 3 folders. Itasca. 6 folders.

Includes historical material on Grand Rapids and the county.

Jackson. Kanabec. Kandiyohi. 2 folders.

Includes several county histories.

Kittson. 6 folders. Koochiching. 15 folders. Lac qui Parle. 7 folders. Lake. 2 folders.

Includes material on Two Harbors’ centennial.

Lake of the Woods. 3 folders. Le Sueur. Lincoln.

No information in series for this county.

Lyon. 2 folders. McLeod. Mahnomen. Marshall. 3 folders. Martin. 106.J.5.5B Meeker. 2 folders.

Includes material on Litchfield’s centennial.

Mille Lacs. Morrison. Mower.

Includes a history of the county.

Murray. Nicollet.

Includes material on Lafayette’s centennial.

Nobles. Norman. 5 folders.

Includes material on Hendrum, Twin Valley, Halstad and Perley’s centennials and the history of the county.

Olmsted. 5 folders.

Includes material on Rochester’s centennial and the history of Oronoco, the Zumbro River, and the Dubuque Trail.

Otter Tail. 6 folders.

Includes information on the Fergus Falls cyclone.

Pennington. 3 folders. Pine. 6 folders. Pipestone. Polk. 6 folders. Pope. 3 folders.

Includes material on the Starbuck and county centennials.

Ramsey.

Includes material on the history of St. Paul's High Bridge and the Lexington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi.

7 folders. 106.J.5.6F 9 folders. Red Lake. 2 folders. Redwood. Renville. 2 folders. Rice. 2 folders.

Includes material on the history of Faribault, Kenyon, and Le Sueur and the St. Paul Railway Company.

Rock. 4 folders. Roseau. 2 folders. Saint Louis. 16 folders. 106.J.5.7B 14 folders. Scott. 2 folders.

Includes material on Shakopee’s centennial.

Sherburne. 3 folders. Sibley. 3 folders. Stearns. 17 folders.

Includes material on Brooten’s history, Paynesville’s 125 year celebration, and St. Cloud’s centennial.

Steele. Stevens. Swift. Todd. 2 folders. Traverse. 3 folders. Wabasha. Wadena. 4 folders. Waseca. Washington. 3 folders, 1 volume. 106.J.5.8F Watonwan. Wilkin. 3 folders. Winona. 4 folders. Wright. 3 folders.

Includes several county histories.

Yellow Medicine. Series 2, circa 1938-1964.

Contains lists of state and county bridges, correspondence of county engineers, blueprints, inspection reports, maps, and photographs.

Arranged in alphabetical order by county name.

106.J.5.8F Aitkin-Ramsey. 106.J.5.9B Red Lake-Yellow Medicine.