The Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin are located at the western part of Lake Superior (the westernmost of North America's Great Lakes). They are twin cities and seaports, connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. There are 275,486 people in the region (2000 census). Motto: Nickname: Map Political Statistics Founded 1679 Incorporated 1800s St. ... Railyard in the port of Superior Superior is the county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin. ... Lake Superior, viewed from Au Train Bay in Alger County, Michigan Lake Superior (known as Gichigami in an Ojibwe language), bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... Twin cities are two towns or cities that are geographically close to each other and may seem to form a single unit, often referred to collectively. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... The Saint Lawrence Seaway in its broadest sense (see Great Lakes Waterway) is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ...

The area is home to two very long bridges: the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge (carrying U.S. Highway 2) and the John A. Blatnik Bridge (carrying Interstate 535). While their central spans are not notably lenthy, the overall lengths are very impressive, with each reaching across more than 1.5 miles (2.5 km) of water. Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge from the Duluth, Minnesota hillside looking East toward Superior, Wisconsin. ... United States Highway 2 is an east-west United States Highway. ... Looking towards Duluth from Superior, Wisconsin near the John A. Blatnik bridge at night The John A. Blatnik Bridge is the bridge that carries Interstate 535 over Saint Louis Bay on Lake Superior between Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. ... Interstate 535 (I-535) is a 2. ...

However, when visitors to the area come to see bridges, they pay much more attention to the historic Aerial Lift Bridge that serves as a gateway to the port. It must be raised and lowered whenever ships enter or exit the Duluth side of the harbor, though the natural inlet closer to Superior doesn't have anything over it. The Aerial Bridge in 1907 The Aerial Lift Bridge (earlier known as the Aerial Bridge or Aerial Ferry Bridge) is a major landmark in the port city of Duluth, Minnesota. ...

Together, the cities rank as the 19th-busiest port in the country overall (44.2 million short tons [40.1 million metric tons] per year) as of 2002, though the area is the 7th-busiest port (13.8 million short tons [12.5 million metric tons] per year) when measured on foreign exports alone. The short ton is a unit of mass equal to 907. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

External links

• Superior WI Community Links Page