Railroad Bridges in Yellow Medicine CountyMinnesota

Yellow Medicine County is located in southwest Minnesota. The seat and largest city are both Granite Falls.
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BNSF Bridge #34.5
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BNSF Bridge #34.5

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #34.5)

This deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over an overflow of the Minnesota River in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1929

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 3-60' deck plate girders and concrete modular girder

Deck plate girder viaduct over Minnesota River Overflow

Significance:

Local

BNSF US-212 Bridge (Old)
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BNSF US-212 Bridge (Old)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #34.4)

This steel stringer bridge once carried a Great Northern Railway mainline over US Highway 212 in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1931

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American Bridge Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 1-32' and 2-27' steel stringers

Lost steel stringer bridge over US Highway 212

Significance:

Local

Granite Falls Railroad Bridge (South)
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Granite Falls Railroad Bridge (South)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #33.1)

This Warren through truss bridge is the southern of two once connected bridges which carried a Great Northern Railway mainline across the Minnesota River at Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota to Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

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American Bridge Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 2-144' Warren through trusses, 1-50' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Warren through truss bridge over Minnesota River

Significance:

Moderate

Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)
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Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #43.3)

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over the Yellow Medicine River in Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1913

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American Bridge Company of New York and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 4 span deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over Yellow Medicine River

Significance:

Local

Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (West)
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Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (West)

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #69)

This through plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway branch line across the Yellow Medicine River and 510th Street west of Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930, 1940 and 2020 using spans fabricated c. 1930

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Unknown and Dunnigan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design: 39' through plate girder, 3-38' steel stringers and timber pile trestle

Through plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Yellow Medicine River and 510th Street

Significance:

Local