Kern Bridge
Encyclopedia
Kern Bridge or Yaeger Bridge crosses the Le Sueur River
in Blue Earth County
in the U.S.
state of Minnesota
. It was built in 1873 using a bowstring through truss
design by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. It is 183.5 feet (56 m) long and carries a local road.
Le Sueur River
The Le Sueur River is a tributary of the Blue Earth River, 111 miles long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Blue Earth and Minnesota Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,089 square miles...
in Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Blue Earth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 64,013. Its county seat is Mankato.Blue Earth County is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
state of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. It was built in 1873 using a bowstring through truss
Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...
design by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. It is 183.5 feet (56 m) long and carries a local road.