The US-10 bridge is part of a 4-lane bypass around Little Falls. The issue is not that Little Falls is such a large city that it needs a freeway bypass, but rather, Little Falls in centrally located for people traveling in a number of different directions, and the bypass keeps the through traffic off of the quiet city streets.

Similar to the highway bridge just downstream in downtown Little Falls, this bridge is a steel girder bridge with concrete piers and a concrete deck. Also like the downtown Little Falls bridge, this bridge is built very low and near to the water. There is just enough clearance for canoes to pass under the steel girders.

This bridge turned out to be a bit more difficult than average to photograph. The freeway bypass was put through an area where there were no roads. As a result, I had to scout around a bit, and finally located riverfront homes where I could sneak in telephoto shots of the bridge. In addition, this is the only Mississippi River crossing that I know of in the Headwaters region where there is more than one bridge as part of the crossing.