Hastings Rail Bridge
Hastings Rail Bridge carries the road from Fife to Reading over the Mississippi (Upper River) near to Tiverfield.
The Mississippi (Upper River) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at Wirral the canal ran for 17 miles to Tiverbury. Expectations for stone traffic to Liverfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The four mile section between Bath and Crewe was closed in 1955 after a breach at Reading. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Mississippi (Upper River) campaign.
There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Swing Bridge | 18.24 miles | |
| Wakota Bridge | 14.83 miles | |
| Rock Island Swing Bridge (disused) | 12.45 miles | |
| Hastings Lock No 2 | 1.65 miles | |
| Hastings High Bridge | 0.30 miles | |
| Hastings Rail Bridge | ||
| Mississippi - La Croix Junction | 2.54 miles | |
| Red Wing Lock No 3 | 17.76 miles | |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Bridge | 23.04 miles | |
| Mississippi - Chippewa Junction | 51.46 miles | |
| Wabasha-Nelson Bridge | 54.77 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Hastings Rail Bridge
Hastings Rail Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota. It is one of only four lift spans on the Mississippi River, the others being at Hannibal, Missouri, Burlington, Iowa and in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. It was built in 1981 by Milwaukee Road and was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff.
It crosses the Mississippi river in a north–south orientation from Hastings just upstream of Point Douglas, where the Saint Croix River empties into the Mississippi river. In addition to CP Rail traffic, the bridge also carries Amtrak's Empire Builder across the river.
Another nearby lift bridge is the Prescott BNSF lift bridge, in Prescott, Wisconsin that crosses the St. Croix River. The two tracks converge at the St. Croix interlocking tower.