This through plate girder bridge was designed by the Minnesota Highway Department to replace an older bridge

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1936

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
84' skewed through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Dale Street

Significance:

This deck girder bridge has been reused to carry the Bruce Vento Nature Trail

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1893 and 1880

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago and Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-29' deck plate girder and 18' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 4th Street

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge is a unique grade separation near Como Park

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1908

by

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
50' closed spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over Lexington Parkway

Significance:

This steel stringer is the westernmost bridge along 4th Street

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-32' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 4th Street

Significance:

This through truss vertical lift bridge crosses the Mississippi River alongside Robert Street

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
192' Pratt through truss lift span and 8-79' deck plate girders

Description:
Vertical lift bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge was built in 1889 and later strengthened in 1926

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1889

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder with helper pier

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 4th Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Johnson Parkway south of Phalen Boulevard

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
47' through plate girder and 2-14' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Johnson Parkway

Significance:

This stone arch tunnel is one of four existing tunnels at Westminster Junction

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1889

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway and Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
267' stone arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This standard steel stringer bridge crosses Water Street near the swing bridge across the Mississippi River

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
26' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Water Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Gateway State Trail over I-35E

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Removed

Built 1960

by

Paper, Calmenson & Company of St. Paul, Minnesota and Ashbach Construction Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and Minnesota Highway Department

Design:
4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Interstate 35E

Significance: