Crosses Rainy River Width 7.3 metres (24 ft) Clearance below Rainy River Opened 30 July 1960 Material Steel Owners Ontario, Minnesota | No. of spans 6 Total length 391 m Province Ontario Body of water Rainy River | |
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Clearance above 4.5 metres (15 ft) (above road deck) Similar Fort Frances–International Falls Inter, Goldstein Museum of Design, Mall of America, Minnesota Zoo, Thousand Islands Bridge | ||
The Baudette – Rainy River International Bridge is an international bridge connecting Rainy River, Ontario, Canada, with Baudette, Minnesota, United States, across the Rainy River.
The bridge marks the western terminus of Ontario Highway 11 (as Atwood Avenue) and the northern terminus of Minnesota State Highway 72 (International Drive). The bridge is owned by Ontario and Minnesota, and is managed by MTO (with funding from the Government of Canada) and MnDOT, respectively. The bridge carries 2 lanes of traffic and a 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) sidewalk for pedestrian traffic. Customs plazas are located on both side of the bridge.
Downriver from the bridge is Baudette-Rainy River Rail Bridge, built in 1901 for Ontario and Rainy River Railway and now used by CN Rail.
Replacement
Plans for a replacement bridge is under way and construction is planned to begin around 2018. The new bridge, an I-beam girder, will be built about 1 metre (3.3 ft) downstream so the current structure can continue to be utilized during the construction period.