Bridge Over Lake Calhoun Minneapolis

from flickr user M Hyatt
The graceful curves of the bridge's arch and the trail beneath it coupled with the straight lines of the bridge's stone and concrete make for a very geometrically pleasing photo – especially in black and white. Do yourself a favor as the weather warms up this week and get out on the many trails the state of Minnesota has to offer and, time permitting, check out this picturesque bridge and trail combo near Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis.

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Hastings, MN bridge at night

from flickr user Vv_Kaz_vV
While the relatively new Hastings, MN bridge spanning the Mississippi River isn't a historically relevant piece of infrastructure like its predecessor, it is a striking piece or architecture in its own right - especially when lit up at night as it carries drivers to and from the city of Hastings.

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Mendota Bridge

from flickr user Peter Stratmoen
The structures supporting many of our nation's bridges are truly works of art. If I'm not mistaken, this is the structure of the Mendota Bridge in the southeast Twin Cities. Glorious, towering arches support this magnificent high bridge as it carries thousands of vehicles each day.

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Hennepin starlights - Minneapolis, MN

from flickr user Bob Israel
Perfect stars of light eminate from each of the street lights spanning the Hennepin Avenue bridge in Minneapolis across the Mississippi River.

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Best of MinnPics - November 2014

from flickr user Dan Anderson
November usually brings images of a stark, gray landscape which may or may not be blanketed in snow. Instead, the Best of MinnPics for November 2014 takes us northward to a very cold Duluth, MN on an abnormally cold evening for a look at the gorgeous John A. Blatnik Bridge as it stretches across St. Louis Bay at the beginning of Lake Superior. Whether the stunning stars from the bridge's lights come from post-processing or not, the vibrant blue in the sky and in the structure's steel make for not just a fine photo but a true work of art. I am envious of this capture and it truly deserves the title of the Best of MinnPics for November 2014.

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Best of MinnPics - September 2014

from flickr user Nick Benson
The Arcola High Bridge, or Soo Line High Bridge, was completed in 1911; the rail's nearly 200 feet above the water, and has total length of roughly 2,700 feet. Despite being an amazing structure, it isn't photographed too often by railfans on account of low train frequency (one train per day in each direction) and its isolated location.

 As the photographer mentioned in his more in-depth explanation of this photo, the 39 degree temperature in September made for a more hurried shoot than anticipated and with weather like that and an explanation of the location and circumstances surrounding the photograph, the moonlit photo of the Arcola High Bridge over the St. Croix River made September's choice one of the easier ones for 2014.

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Darkness over Lake Superior – Blatnik Bridge

from flickr user Dan Anderson
The photographer says: I spent a long weekend in Duluth Minnesota - this is the view under the John A. Blatnik Bridge looking out over the Saint Louis Bay, a tributary of Lake Superior, to Wisconsin. It's been amazingly cold for November - the temp that night was 8 degrees with a 15 below windchill - when you blinked, it made your eyelids stick together.

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St. Paul High Bridge

from flickr user Jason Crespin
The magnificent high bridge, a whopping 160 feet high and stretching over 1/2 mile, in St. Paul, MN carries Minnesota highway 149 as it crosses the mighty Mississippi River

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MV Paul R. Tregurtha arrives in Duluth

from flickr user Pete Markham
The photographer says: My wife and I were in Duluth celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary this past weekend. We went to visit Enger Tower at the top of the hill in Duluth where you have a breathtaking view of the Duluth-Superior Harbor. While we were there, we watch the MV Paul R. Tregurtha plow through the late season ice and come through the Duluth Ship Canal. I’d never watched a ship come in from this high vantage point. Very cool!

The Tregurtha is currently the “Queen of the Lakes”, meaning she is the largest vessel currently in operation on the Great Lakes. She was completed in 1981 and is 1013 feet and 6 inches long. She was in Duluth to refuel and pick up a load of coal from the Midwest Energy terminal.

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Birds and Bridge - Duluth, MN

from flickr user Jacob Norlund
The spring thaw is on in Duluth as shown by this black and white photo of Duluth Harbor complete with a couple of Canadian Geese in the foreground who look like they're just hanging out looking to cause some trouble. 

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Lowry Bridge in St. Patrick's Day green

from flickr user Doug Wallick
The Lowry Bridge over the Mississippi River connects North and NE Minneapolis,this is how it looked for St.Patrick's Day.

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Stillwater Lift bridge

from flickr user HarryWells
The historic lift bridge in Stillwater, Minnesota shown with the fall colors across the St. Croix River on the Wisconsin side of Minnesota's eastern border.

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Moonglow - Duluth, MN

from flickr user mbwen
A gorgeous wide shot of the bayfront area of Duluth at night, highlighted by illuminated hot air balloons and the iconic Duluth Lift Bridge. The best and shortest description I can come up with for this photo is "wow".

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Lift Bridge Fog - Duluth, MN

from flickr user BrnKng
The iconic lift bridge in Duluth, MN sits partially shrouded in fog rolling in off the somewhat warmer waters of Lake Superior on a recent evening.

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Lowry Bridge at sunset

from flickr user Mary J.I.
Taken at sunset, the Lowry Bridge glistens as sun pours through the support structure.

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The River Bridge - St. Clair, MN

from flickr user jberg182
The photographer says: A Small suspension bridge near St Clair that crosses over the river. LP 160 bounced into silver umbrella overhead. Einstein in 53" octa on axis for fill. Radio Poppers

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History over the Red River - East Grand Forks, MN

from flickr user MinnKotaRailfan
The BNSF Grand Forks city job, led by a single BN GP30 rebuild, heads over the Red River of the North, with maintenance cars to be used for work out west. Behind the train is the Sorlie Bridge, built in 1929 to connect Grand Forks North Dakota to East Grand Forks Minnesota. Behind the Sorlie Bridge lies the center pier of a swing bridge built in the 1870's for the Great Northern railway. The bridge was removed in 2000 by the Army Corp of Engineers, and the pier stands as a memorial of the importance of railroads in North Dakota and Minnesota.

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Interstate 35W Bridge - Same Sex Marriage Legalized

from flickr user ibikempls
With the approval and subsequent signage of Minnesota legalizing same sex marriage, the Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis has been decked out in rainbow lighting the past couple of nights.

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Wabasha Bridge at Dusk - St. Paul

from flickr user GregLundgrenPhotography
The photographer says: In this panoramic image captured from the houseboat docks on Harriet Island in late September 2012, the Mississippi river reflects the golden early evening streetlights from the bridge above and the roadway beside.

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Lowry Bridge at Night - Minneapolis

from flickr user Forrest Pearson
The photographer of this photo of the Lowry Bridge in Minneapolis says:

There's a little sign on the viewing platform by the bridge that says "Take Your Picture Here" so I did.

I didn't actually see the sign but one of the guys I was with told me about it, so I don't know it it's really there.

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