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Aerial Lift Bridge, the Glossary

The Aerial Lift Bridge, earlier known as the Aerial Bridge or Aerial Ferry Bridge, is a landmark in the port city of Duluth, Minnesota.^[1]

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1905 establishments in Minnesota
Drawbridges on the National Register of Historic Places
Transporter bridges
Vertical lift bridges in Minnesota

American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.

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Bilbao

Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole.

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Claude Allen Porter Turner (July 4, 1869 – January 10, 1955) was an American structural engineer who designed a number of buildings and bridges, particularly in the midwestern U.S. states of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

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Century of Progress

A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Counterweight

A counterweight is a weight that, by applying an opposite force, provides balance and stability of a mechanical system.

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Duluth MN–WI Metropolitan Area

The Duluth MN–WI Metropolitan Area, commonly called the Twin Ports, is a small metropolitan area centered around the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.

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Duluth Ship Canal

The Duluth Ship Canal is an artificial canal cut through Minnesota Point, providing direct access to Duluth harbor from Lake Superior. Aerial Lift Bridge and Duluth Ship Canal are historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota.

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Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County.

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Essayons (1908 tugboat)

Essayons was a tugboat of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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Ferry

A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.

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Interstate 535

Interstate 535 (I-535) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway spur route of I-35 in the US states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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John A. Blatnik Bridge

The John A. Blatnik Bridge is the bridge that carries Interstate 535 (I-535) and U.S. Highway 53 (US 53) over the Saint Louis River, a tributary of Lake Superior, between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin.

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Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater.

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota

This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Aerial Lift Bridge and list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota are historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota.

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List of crossings of the Saint Louis River

This is a list of crossings of the Saint Louis River, in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks

The following is a list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in 1964. Aerial Lift Bridge and list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks are historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Minnesota Point

Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is a long, narrow sand spit that extends out from the Canal Park tourist recreation-oriented district of the city of Duluth.

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MV Edwin H. Gott

MV Edwin H. Gott is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge

The Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge, also known as the Bong Bridge, connects Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, via U.S. Highway 2 (US 2).

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Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary)

The Saint Louis River (abbreviated St. Louis River) is a river in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin that flows into Lake Superior.

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Sky Ride

The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Aerial Lift Bridge and Sky Ride are transporter bridges.

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Spit (landform)

A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Stillwater Bridge (St. Croix River)

The Stillwater Bridge (alternatively known as the Stillwater Lift Bridge, St. Croix River Bridge at Stillwater, Mn/DOT Bridge #4654, and Wis/DOT Bridge #M-61) is a vertical-lift bridge crossing the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota, and Houlton, Wisconsin. Aerial Lift Bridge and Stillwater Bridge (St. Croix River) are Drawbridges on the National Register of Historic Places, road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota and vertical lift bridges in Minnesota.

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Tees Newport Bridge

The Tees Newport Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge spanning the River Tees a short distance upriver from Tees Transporter Bridge, linking Middlesbrough with the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, Northern England.

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Ton

Ton is any of several units of measure of mass, volume or force.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Transporter bridge

A transporter bridge, also known as a ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge, is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. Aerial Lift Bridge and transporter bridge are transporter bridges.

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U.S. Route 2

U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway spanning across the northern continental United States.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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Vertical-lift bridge

A vertical-lift bridge or just lift bridge is a type of movable bridge in which a span rises vertically while remaining parallel with the deck.

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Vizcaya Bridge

The Vizcaya Bridge (Bizkaiko Zubia in Basque, Puente de Vizcaya in Spanish) is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas (part of Getxo) in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River. Aerial Lift Bridge and Vizcaya Bridge are transporter bridges.

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Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Company

The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (sometimes nicknamed or abbreviated WABCO although this was also confusingly used for spinoffs) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_Lift_Bridge

Also known as Aerial Bridge, Aerial Ferry Bridge, Duluth Aerial Bridge, Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth lift bridge.

Aerial Lift Bridge, the Glossary

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See also

1905 establishments in Minnesota

Drawbridges on the National Register of Historic Places

Transporter bridges

Vertical lift bridges in Minnesota

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