Railroad Bridges in Steele CountyMinnesota


Steele County is located in south central Minnesota. The seat and largest city are both Owatonna.

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Clinton Falls Railroad Crossing

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Clinton Falls Railroad Crossing

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #2878)

This through plate girder bridge is located on a large fill near Clinton Falls

Clinton Falls, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

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Railroad/Original Owner: Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design: Through and deck plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over inactive Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

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CPKC 270th Street Bridge

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CPKC 270th Street Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-276)

This small deck plate girder bridge appears to have been reused from another location

Medford, Steele County, Minnesota to Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Closed to all traffic

Built 1947 using a span fabricated c. 1900

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

Design: 25' twinned deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over 270th Street

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CPKC 62nd Avenue Bridge

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CPKC 62nd Avenue Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-227)

This steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over 62nd Avenue west of Owatonna

Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1928

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Clinton Bridge Works of Clinton, Iowa

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 30' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Steel stringer bridge over 62nd Avenue

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CPKC Fremont Street Bridge

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CPKC Fremont Street Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-215)

This steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad across Fremont Street in Owatonna

Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1939 and 1966

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American Bridge Company of New York and Vierling Steel Works of Chicago, Illinois

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design: 46' steel stringer

Steel stringer bridge over Fremont Street/Mineral Springs Road

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CPKC Hoffman Drive Bridge

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CPKC Hoffman Drive Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-216 1/8)

This steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Hoffman Drive (former US Highway 14) in Owatonna

Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1935 and 1968

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St. Paul Foundry & Manufacturing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota; Alley Construction Company of Faribault, Minnesota and Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 2-39' steel stringers and 4 span concrete slab

Steel stringer bridge over Hoffman Drive

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