Betty Adkins Bridge
Coordinates45°17′19″N 93°33′29″W / 45.28861°N 93.55806°W / 45.28861; -93.55806
CarriesFour lanes of MN 101
CrossesMississippi River
LocaleElk River, Minnesota
Maintained byMinnesota Department of Transportation
ID number86005 (southbound)
Characteristics
DesignPlate girder bridge (northbound), concrete girder bridge (southbound)
Total length708 feet
Width45 feet (southbound)
Longest span150 feet
Clearance below32 feet
History
Opened2001 (northbound), 1993 (southbound)
Statistics
Daily traffic46,000
Location

Betty Adkins Bridge is a pair of concrete girder bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Otsego, Minnesota and Elk River, Minnesota. The northbound bridge was built in 2001, replacing a plate girder bridge that was originally built in 1967 as a two-lane bridge for Minnesota State Highway 101 when the highway was rerouted around Elk River. The southbound bridge was built in 1993 when Highway 101 was expanded to four lanes.

The bridge is named for Betty Adkins, a Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party state senator from St. Michael, Minnesota who served 12 years in the Minnesota Legislature. Adkins was known for her resilient character despite having been diagnosed with cancer and losing her daughter and grandson in a car accident.

See also

References

  • Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
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