Railroad Bridges in Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

BNSF 15th Avenue Bridge
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BNSF 15th Avenue Bridge

This unique through and deck plate girder bridge carries a railroad yard over 15th Avenue Southeast near the University of Minnesota campus

Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1919 and 1921

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design: 54' through plate girder and 2-12' concrete slabs (north tracks); 54' deck plate girder and 2-12' concrete slabs (south tracks)

Through and deck plate girder bridge over 15th Avenue Southeast

Significance:

Local