This 1914 bridge once carried automobile traffic across the river in the small town of Sartell, MN. The bridge turned out to be in an inconvenient location given the train tracks on the east side and the paper mill located on both sides of the road. Trucks had to be banned in the 1950s due to the weakness of the structure. The bridge was converted into a pedestrian bridge in 1984, but that proved to be awkward for the factory security, so the walkway was closed shortly after that. Today, the bridge carries utility pipes.

This is one of the last of the small steel through truss bridges that remain on the Mississippi River. Even if the bridge is no longer in use, one would hope that it remains in place for historical purposes.