Lost/NP Saint Louis Bay (Rice's Point) Bridge over St. Louis River at Duluth+Superior

(Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; John A Weeks III; Satellite, south abutment)

David Schauer posted
The year is 1973 and we are looking toward Duluth from Superior's waterfront. Canadian lakers are loading at the GN elevator (center) and Globe elevator (right). Two silver stackers of the U.S. Steel fleet are headed for the DM&IR ore docks while a pair of salties are at the port terminal. The open area in the lower left would soon become the Superior Midwest Energy Terminal to handle millions of tons of western coal through the Twin Ports. Burlington Northern's Wisconsin and Minnesota swing bridges are also visible (removed in the mid-1980s). Basgen Photography

JohnWeeks
[The NP bridge is in the middle by the grain elevator. The bridge behind that one was the Interstate Bridge.]

The grain elevator in the background is the 1898 General Mills/Great Northern Grain Elevator "S" and "X".

David Schauer posted
Amtrak's Northstar with a late morning arrival to the Twin Ports is seen crossing BN's Wisconsin Draw with the Great Northern elevator as an impressive backdrop. Superior, WI - early 1983
Steve Anderson: They blew that bridge up in 1984. I saw it on WDIO News.
Bradley Massengill: In superior / duluth, the passenger main line was pulled out along with Wisconsin and Minnesota drawbridges, so a ten minute crossing now takes an hour via grassy point drawbridge,
[So the southern swing bridge is called the Wisconsin Draw, and the northern swing bridge is called the Minnesota draw.]

According to John Weeks, the Interstate Bridge was built by GN and this bridge was built by NP.

1953 Duluth and 1954 Superior Quad @ 24,000

JohnWeeks
"This photo was clipped from the program for the dedication ceremony for the new I-535 Blatnik Bridge over the harbor connecting Duluth (on the near side) to Superior (on the far side). The Great Northern Interstate Bridge is located just to the left of the Blatnik Bridge. The Northern Pacific Saint Louis Bay Bridge is located on the right side of the photo. The Minnesota Draw swingspan is located in the foreground, while the Wisconsin Draw swingspan is located at the far right edge of the photograph."

Dyna Mike posted
This is looking east, the nearest bridge is the Rice's point bridge. It had 2 swing spans. The Interstate bridge is in the background.
John Soderberg: I used to walk out to this bridge to take guitar lessons from the bridge operator.
[This would be the Minnesota Draw. Note the Interstate span is already closing back into the closed position.]