Beef Slough Bridge, Wabasha, MN

Beef Slough Bridge
MN-60/WI-25 Mississippi River Crossing At Wabasha
Wabasha, Minnesota

Beef Slough Bridge

• Structure ID:	NBI B06002100000000.
• Location:	River Mile 760.2.
• River Elevation:	667 Feet.
• Highway:	MN-60, WI-25.
• Daily Traffic Count:	5,300 (2002).
• Bridge Type:	Concrete Girder, Concrete Deck.
• Length:	562 Feet Overall, 70 Foot Main Span.
• Width:	28 Feet, 2 Lanes.
• Navigation Channel Width:	67 Feet.
• Height Above Water:	10 Feet.
• Date Built:	Opened 1956.

There are five bridges as part of the Wabasha-Nelson Mississippi River crossing. The main channel bridge is at the state line. The Beef Slough Bridge is the second causeway bridge heading east from Minnesota, and it is located a mile and one tenth east of the state line.

The bridge itself is nearly a carbon copy of the Pontoon Slough Bridge, with the only visible difference being that the Beef Slough Bridge is four feet longer.