Railroad Bridges in Minnesota



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UP Bridge #134.66

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UP Bridge #134.66

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #553)

This small deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway over an unnamed drainage ditch alongside Minnesota Highway 60

Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

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American Bridge Company of New York

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

Design: 30' deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over drainage ditch

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UP Bridge #130.05

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UP Bridge #130.05

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #547)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses an unnamed creek west of Butterfield

Butterfield, Watonwan County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

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American Bridge Company of New York

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

Design: 30' deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

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BNSF Bluff Creek Bridge

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BNSF Bluff Creek Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #170.1)

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

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Northern Pacific Railway

Design: 60' deck plate girder

Lost deck plate girder bridge over Bluff Creek

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CPKC Jade Avenue Bridge

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CPKC Jade Avenue Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #529)

This standard through plate girder bridge crosses over Jade Avenue west of Lamberton

Lamberton, Redwood County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1919

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American Bridge Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 40' through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over Jade Avenue

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Gateway State Trail - Wheelock Parkway Bridge

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Gateway State Trail - Wheelock Parkway Bridge

This attractive steel stringer and concrete arch bridge carries the Gateway State Trail over Wheelock Parkway

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1938

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design: 40' steel stringer and concrete slab

Steel stringer bridge over Wheelock Parkway

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