Bridge No. 5388

Bridge No. 5388 is a pony truss bridge that formerly carried Minnesota State Highway 24 over the North Fork of the Crow River in Meeker County, Minnesota at. The bridge was removed from its location on Trunk Highway 24 in 2008. In 2011 it was moved to Le Roy Township, Mower County, Minnesota and now carries 130th Street over the Little Ohio River within Lake Louise State Park. It was a fracture critical bridge and was no longer suitable for Minnesota's state highway system.
The bridge is long and wide. It was built at a cost of $22,240 by the firm of Teberg and Berg of St. Paul. At the time it was built, it was Minnesota's longest Warren pony truss span ever built by the Minnesota Highway Department. The bridge's cost was reduced by using a polygonal top chord instead of a horizontal chord, which reduced the amount of steel required to build the web. The Minnesota Highway Department was starting to consider that Warren pony trusses were obsolete, and no longer recommended them in standard plans published in the mid-1940s.
In its new location in Lake Louise State Park, the bridge will be used by the public for horseback riding, bicycling, and walking, while the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources may use it for light vehicle traffic.