Railroad Bridges in Minnesota



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Cedar Lake Trail - Minnehaha Creek Bridge

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Cedar Lake Trail - Minnehaha Creek Bridge

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Bridge #5)

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway over Minnehaha Creek

Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (Final Owner)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1900

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design: 52' deck plate girder

Lost deck plate girder bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

Local

Luce Line Trail Truss Bridge

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Luce Line Trail Truss Bridge

This Pratt through truss bridge has been moved twice and is the centerpiece bridge of the Luce Line State Trail

Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1885 by unknown at Pearl, Illinois and installed here 1913

by the

Electric Short Line Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 130' pin-connected Pratt through truss

Pratt through truss bridge over Wayzata Boulevard (Former US Highway 12)

Significance:

Regional

Central Lakes Trail - MN-78 Bridge

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Central Lakes Trail - MN-78 Bridge

This 1960s through plate girder bridge crosses Minnesota Highway 78

Ashby, Grant County, Minnesota

Owner: Grant County

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1967

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 3 span skewed through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over Minnesota Highway 78

Significance:

Minimal

CN 108th Avenue Bridge

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CN 108th Avenue Bridge

(Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Bridge #SL10B)

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Canadian National across 108th Avenue

Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Spirit Lake Transfer Railway

Design: 5 span deck plate girder viaduct

Deck plate girder bridge over 108th Avenue

Significance:

Local

CPKC Bridge #M-104

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CPKC Bridge #M-104

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-104)

This late example of a stone arch carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over a driveway and unnamed creek alongside US Highway 14 between Eyota and Rochester

Eyota, Olmsted County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 24' stone arch

Stone arch bridge over private driveway and unnamed creek

Significance:

Local