Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge

This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.

Bridge:Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge
Location:Duluth, Minnesota, USA - Duluth Harbor
Coordinates:46.77891 N 92.092842 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Image Set Contributor:David Denenberg
Date of Images:Aug. 2006
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Credit:All photos by David Denenberg. Please do not reuse without permission.

This lift bridge, completed 1930, replaced a transporter bridge (the original Duluth "Aerial Bridge", one of only two transporter bridges ever built in the United States).

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On its way up.

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Large ship entering the harbor.

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Sailboat sneaking through as the lift portion is descending.

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Folks standing under the lift portion, enjoying the low clearance, as it finishes a descent.

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