Carries Four lanes of MN 15 ID number 05011 | Locale Sauk Rapids, Minnesota | |
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Crosses Mississippi River, BNSF Railway, Benton Drive (Benton County Road 33) Maintained by Minnesota Department of Transportation Design Precast concrete girder bridge | ||
The Bridge of Hope is a concrete girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Sartell, Minnesota and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The bridge was completed eight months early, aided by favorable weather and trouble-free construction. It was built in 1995 and was designed by Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Jim Hill Group.
The bridge is named in honor of Jacob Wetterling, a boy who was abducted from St. Joseph, Minnesota in 1989. The name was chosen by a group of high school students who wanted to memorialize Wetterling and other missing children.
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