This attractive stone arch culvert carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Minnesota Highway 23 west of Russell

Russell, Lyon County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

Downs & Sons of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway

Design: 8' stone arch culvert

Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

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This deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over the Redwood River along Minnesota Highway 23 near Florence

Florence, Lyon County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 1-55' and 2-48' deck plate girders

Deck plate girder bridge over Redwood River

Significance:

This deck plate girder viaduct is one of several similar structures carrying a former Great Northern Railway mainline over the Redwood River near Russell

Russell, Lyon County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 1-67' and 2-48' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Deck plate girder viaduct over Redwood River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over a diversion channel of the Redwood River on the south side of Marshall

Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway (Final Owner)

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1962

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Kraus-Anderson Construction Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 4-40' steel stringer

Steel stringer bridge over Redwood River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge once carried a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line across the Big Sioux River in Canton

Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota to Beloit, Lyon County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: Destroyed by Flooding

Built 1917 and 1931 using secondhand spans fabricated 1909 and 1898

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design: 136' Pratt through truss, 72' deck plate girder and 13-14' steel stringers

Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Big Sioux River

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