This large Warren deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct carries the former Great Northern Railway over the Nemadji River in Saunders

Saunders, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900, 1907 and 1913

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 150' Warren deck truss, 16-47', 1-40', 17-30', 1-20' deck plate girders and concrete modular girder

Warren deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct over Nemadji River

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This large deck plate girder viaduct carries the former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway across the Nemadji River near Saunders

Saunders, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and W.F. King of Duluth, Minnesota

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Railroad/Original Owner: Interstate Transfer Railway

Design: 1-100', 23-70', 23-30' and 1-40' deck plate girder viaduct

Deck plate girder bridge over Nemadji River

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This Baltimore through truss swing bridge crosses the St. Louis River south of US Highway 2

Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin to Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Pittsburgh Construction Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 425' Baltimore through truss swing span, 2-80' through plate girders and timber pile trestle

Baltimore through truss swing bridge over St. Louis River

Significance:

This through truss swing bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway across the St. Louis River below the present-day Blatnik Bridge

Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin to Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Owner: Duluth Port Authority

Status: Partially Demolished, Remaining Spans Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1897

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Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Duluth-Superior Bridge Company

Design: 302' Pennsylvania through truss

Partially removed through truss bridge over St. Louis River

Significance:

This through plate girder swing bridge carries the former Northern Pacific Railway over the Nemadji River on the east side of Superior

Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Owner: City of Superior

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1904

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American Bridge Company of New York and W.S. Hewitt Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 160' through plate girder swing span and timber pile trestle

Through plate girder swing bridge over Nemadji River

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