Ramsey Park - Swayback Bridge Traditional Cache
Ramsey Park - Swayback Bridge
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This is a small cache located near the Swayback Bridge in Ramsey Park. There may be muggles and traffic nearby.
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The Ramsey Park Swayback Bridge was one of scores of structures constructed by government-sponsored crews in state parks during the late 1930s and early 1940s. However, Ramsey Park’s swayback bridge the only known bridge to be built using the design of a reversed arch, with its lowest section in the middle of the span. Typically, bridges are built with a traditional arch in which the high point is at the center of the span. Built in 1938 under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the bridge stood solid as above normal temperatures caused rapid melt of the winter snowpack, flooding Redwood County and sending large slabs of ice and tree debris rushing down the Redwood River toward the bridge. The bridge was built out of necessity. Other bridges washed away every year. Although several stones on the bridge surface were dislodged, the structure survived the flooding with what appears to be minimal damage. The 183-foot ten-span structure is constructed of concrete and North Redwood granite, quarried by hand from the William Hosken quarry, north of North Redwood Falls. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Information from the Redwood Gazette, August 16, 2010
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