Bridge of Hope

45°35′58″N 94°11′16″W / 45.59944°N 94.18778°W / 45.59944; -94.18778CarriesFour lanes of MN 15CrossesMississippi River, BNSF Railway, Benton Drive (Benton County Road 33)LocaleSauk Rapids, MinnesotaMaintained byMinnesota Department of TransportationID number05011CharacteristicsDesignPrecast concrete girder bridgeTotal length1711 feetWidth85 feetLongest span140 feetClearance below18 feetHistoryOpened1995Location

The Bridge of Hope is a concrete girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Sartell, Minnesota and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The bridge was completed eight months early, aided by favorable weather and trouble-free construction. It was built in 1995 and was designed by Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Jim Hill Group.

The bridge is named in honor of Jacob Wetterling, a boy who was abducted from St. Joseph, Minnesota in 1989 (his remains were discovered in 2016). The name was chosen by a group of high school students who wanted to memorialize Wetterling and other missing children.

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

• Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
• "Session Weekly, May 26, 1995". Minnesota House of Representatives. 1995. Retrieved 2006-05-27.