Railroad Bridges in Minnesota

Minnesota is a state located in the Upper Midwest. Numerous railroads throughout the state serve agricultural, industrial and mining industries.
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CP Minnehaha Creek Bridge
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CP Minnehaha Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-462)

One track of this deck girder bridge was built using secondhand pieces

Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway (Final Owner)

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1910 using secondhand pieces and widened 1913

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

Design: 45' twinned deck plate girder

Deck plate girder bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

Moderate

Minnesota River Bluffs Trail - West Chaska Creek Bridge
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Minnesota River Bluffs Trail - West Chaska Creek Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #34.78)

This modern through girder bridge carries the Minnesota River Bluffs Trail over the West Chaska Creek diversion channel in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Carver County Regional Rail Authority

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1986

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 80' through plate girder

Through girder bridge over West Chaska Creek Diversion Channel

Significance:

None

MPL Minnesota River Bridge
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MPL Minnesota River Bridge

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #53)

This Pratt through truss bridge carries the Minnesota Prairie Line across the Minnesota River

Morton, Renville County, Minnesota to Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1898

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Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design: 157' pin connected Pratt through truss and 87 span trestle

Pratt through truss bridge over Minnesota River

Significance:

Regional

IANR River Street Bridge
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IANR River Street Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #2166)

This standard steel stringer crosses River Street in Rock Falls

Rock Falls, Cerro Gordo County, Minnesota

Owner: Iowa Northern Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1948

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design: Steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Steel stringer bridge over River Street (County Road B20)

Significance:

Local

TC&W Buffalo Creek Bridge (Hector)
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TC&W Buffalo Creek Bridge (Hector)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-202)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Buffalo Creek on the east side of Hector

Hector, Renville County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930 using a secondhand girder fabricated c. 1900

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

Design: 60' deck plate girder and trestle

Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

Significance:

Local