Joint Interstate Bridge Commission records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reference materials, contracts, maps, blueprints and news clippings. Some material included is material concerning earlier bridge and tunnel proposals, 1933-1952.
Dates
- 1933-1958
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Joint Interstate Bridge Commission was a body of Minnesota and Wisconsin legislators organized to study means of financing a toll free bridge between Duluth and Superior. The commission was formed in 1953 (Minn. Laws of 1953, chapter 691; Wisc. Laws of 1953, chapter 250) and was to report back to the two legislatures in 1955. The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 resolved the financial problems of the bridge, The High Bridge, now known as the Blatnik Bridge was dedicated on December 2, 1961.
Extent
5.00 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reference materials, contracts, maps, blueprints and news clippings.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, but is housed at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.
- Architectural drawings Subject Source: Local sources
- Bridges Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Contracts Subject Source: Local sources
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--Harbor Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Government records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maps Subject Source: Local sources
- Minnesota
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Superior (Wis.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Superior (Wis.)--Harbor Subject Source: Local sources
- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wisconsin Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the Joint Interstate Bridge Commission records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: B.H. Bruemmer.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
