This shallow deck plate girder span carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over Minnesota Highway 93 (Bridge Street) in Le Sueur

Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1926 using spans fabricated c. 1895

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Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

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

Design: 36' deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over Minnesota Highway 93 (Bridge Street)

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This iconic deck plate girder bridge carries the Red Jacket Trail over the Le Sueur River near Rapidan

Rapidan, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Blue Earth County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1900

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Unknown

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

Design: 2-90' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Deck plate girder bridge over Le Sueur River and County Road 1

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This small timber pile trestle once carried the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway over the original channel of West Chaska Creek in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Carver County Regional Rail Authority

Status: Removed

Built 1956

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Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 5 span timber pile trestle

Lost timber pile bridge over old channel of West Chaska Creek

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This standard concrete slab bridge crosses a drainage ditch alongside US Highway 2

Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

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Great Northern Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 2-16' concrete slabs

Concrete slab bridge over unnamed drainage ditch

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge crosses Buffalo Creek next to 5th Avenue

Brownton, McLeod County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

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Unknown

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

Design: 2-40' deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

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