Aerial Lift Bridge — Attraction in Duluth

Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and my comrades. Once when I got bridged while going to the beach I got absolutely piss drunk, this was a great memory so this place deserves 5 stars for all those memories it provided to me and...

Wikipedia- The bridge spans the Duluth Ship Canal, which was put through the miles-long sand spit named Minnesota Point — commonly called Park Point by locals — in 1870–1871. The natural mouth of the Saint Louis River is about seven miles (11 km) farther southeast, and is split between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Creating this gap in the sand spit meant that residents who lived on the new island needed to have a way to get across. Several transportation methods were tried, though they were complicated by the weather. Ferries could work in the summer, but ice caused problems in colder months. A swinging footbridge was used, but was considered rather rickety and unsafe.

In 1892, a contest was held to find a solution. The winning design came from John Low Waddell, who drew up plans for a high-rise vertical lift bridge. The city of Duluth was eager to build the bridge, which would have been about 130 feet (40 m) wide. However, the War Department objected to the design, and the project was canceled before it could be built. Waddell's design went on to be built in Chicago, Illinois, as the slightly larger South Halsted Street Bridge, which was...

What a Fantastic Bridge…

The Duluth Bridge is operated 24 hours a day, with skilled people at the helm. The bridge is raised and lowered for iron ore and cement ships, sailboats, and excursion tour boats. In the busy seasons of spring and summer, the bridge averages 26 lifts a day. Decades ago, pedestrians were able to ride on the bridge when it was raised. But, this was outlawed in the early 1980s after a horrible accident that claimed the life of a woman when she was crushed by the steel bridge.

The bridge operation is primarily through electric power derived from storage batteries that are charged by generators. If power lines fail, the generators can be operated by a diesel engine. There are two 450 ton concrete block weights on each end, lifted by electronic pulleys to raise and lower the bridge. It is an incredible feat, and a very good reason in itself to come to Duluth to watch the whole...