page_title: I-90 Mississippi River Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: I-90 Mississippi River Bridge
caption_attribution_description: Mississippi River Lock and Dam number 7 with the I-90 Mississippi River bridge downstream.
context_page_description: The I-90 Mississippi River Bridge consists of a pair of bridges that traverse the Mississippi River, connecting the La Crosse, Wisconsin area to rural Winona County, Minnesota. The current bridge fully opened to traffic in October 2016, replacing a previous plate girder bridge. It is part of the Interstate 90 route. There is another automobile crossing a few miles south of this bridge; the Mississippi River Bridge, a combination of two bridges, and the La Crosse West Channel Bridge, connecting La Crescent, Minnesota and La Crosse, Wisconsin.
  The bridge consists of a pair of parallel, concrete box girder structures over the main river channel and precast concrete girder structures over the back channels. The bridges were completed with a cost of $185.5 million, and have the following specifications:
  100-year design life
  Length: 2,593 feet
  Width: varies between 45 and 66 feet
  Two 12-foot lanes each direction
  Eastbound acceleration lane
  12-foot outside shoulders
  6-foot inside shoulders
  The bridge connects to the I-90/US 14/US 61 interchange, and provides access to the Dresbach Rest Area/MN Welcome Center and boat launches from westbound I-90.
context_section_description: The I-90 Mississippi River Bridge consists of a pair of bridges that traverse the Mississippi River, connecting the La Crosse, Wisconsin area to rural Winona County, Minnesota.  The current bridge fully opened to traffic in October 2016, replacing a previous plate girder bridge.  It is part of the Interstate 90 route. There is another automobile crossing a few miles south of this bridge; the Mississippi River Bridge, a combination of two bridges, and the La Crosse West Channel Bridge, connecting La Crescent, Minnesota and La Crosse, Wisconsin.
  The bridge consists of a pair of parallel, concrete box girder structures over the main river channel and precast concrete girder structures over the back channels.  The bridges were completed with a cost of $185.5 million, and have the following specifications:
  100-year design life
  Length: 2,593 feet (790 m)
  Width: varies between 45 and 66 feet (14 and 20 m)
  Two 12-foot (3.7 m) lanes each direction
  Eastbound acceleration lane
  12-foot (3.7 m) outside shoulders
  6-foot (1.8 m) inside shoulders
  The bridge connects to the I-90/US 14/US 61 interchange, and provides access to the Dresbach Rest Area/MN Welcome Center and boat launches from westbound I-90. The westbound I-90 to southbound US 14/US 61 interchange has a fly-under ramp allowing continuous movement with no competing traffic.
caption: Aerial view looking south, with Lock and Dam No. 7 in the foreground and the previous bridge in the background
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