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• <br /> Preservation Planning Summary: <br /> Transportation <br /> Inventoried Resources <br /> Transportation has played a critical role in the development of <br /> Elk River,but few historic properties remain. Several <br /> transportation-related structures such as the Elk River Depot <br /> were included in previous inventories,but most have been <br /> subsequently been razed.All of the historic bridges have been <br /> removed,with the Elk River Bridge of 1919 replaced with a <br /> new structure in 1993-4.The Babcock Memorial was <br /> inventoried as part of the Minnesota Roadside Structures <br /> Inventory conducted in 1996. <br /> Recommendation(s) <br /> 1.Interpretation of the role of early routes and roads through <br /> Elk River should be considered as part of new downtown <br /> development. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 23 <br />