This small deck plate girder bridge once crossed Bluff Creek alongside US Highway 10

Bluffton, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway (Final Owner)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1899 and 1906

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 60' deck plate girder

Lost deck plate girder bridge over Bluff Creek

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the BNSF Staples Subdivision over the Leaf River

Bluffton, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 2-70' deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over Leaf River

Significance:

This small deck girder bridge once crossed US Highway 10

Perham, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1928

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 36' skew deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over Wavy Drive (Old US Highway 10)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is a good example of an early Interstate grade separation

Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: Otter Tail Valley Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1961

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and John Dieseth Company of Fergus Falls, Minnesota

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 4 span skewed through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over Interstate 94

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Otter Tail River alongside Lincoln Avenue

Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: Otter Tail Valley Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1911

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 5-48' deck plate girders

Deck plate girder bridge over Otter Tail River

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