, Minnesota

Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

Cities Carver Chanhassen Chaska Dahlgren Cologne Mayer Watertown St. Cloud Albany Savage Minneapolis St. Louis Park Royalton Crookston St. Paul Merriam Junction Jordan Shakopee Anoka East St. Cloud Aldrich Bluffton Fergus Falls Ashby Plymouth Waseca Eden Prairie Hopkins Freeport Alexandria Fisher Frazee Spring Park Arlington Fairfax Redwood Falls Montevideo Wegdahl Granite Falls Sauk Centre Osakis Perham Henderson Station Rapidan Cambria New Ulm Sanborn Lamberton Castle Rock Faribault Medford Clinton Falls Owatonna Milan Morris Beltrami Hendrum Brownton Plato Le Sueur St. Peter Mankato Judson Sleepy Eye Red Lake Falls Mahnomen Long Lake Appleton Dundas Janesville Rock Falls Lyle Blakeley Marshall Russell Florence Windom Madelia Shelly Halstad Georgetown New Munich Heron Lake Jackson Stillwater Good Thunder Mendota Hector Olivia Minnesota Falls Hanley Falls Little Falls Evanville Kasota Waverly Montrose Dodge Center Kasson Rochester Eyota Oronoco La Crescent Cokato Howard Lake Carlton Burnett Duluth Hastings Dassel Pine City Sandstone Moose Lake Lanesboro Rushford Houston Reno Austin Milaca Bock Ogilvie Quamba Sturgeon Lake Rutledge Alborn Elmer Grand Rapids Palisade Le Roy Preston Cold Spring Melrose West Union Dover Lewiston Stockton Weaver Marine on St. Croix Luverne Worthington Winger Barnesville South Haven Glenville Mountain Lake Butterfield Eagle Lake Lake Elmo Little Canada Blue Earth Golden Valley Tyler Lake Benton Walnut Grove Correll Ortonville Inver Grove Heights Bloomington Vadnais Heights Hawley Argyle Hallock Northcote Comstock Sabin Adams Annandale Clearwater

Random Bridges

Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #43.3)

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over the Yellow Medicine River in Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1913

American Bridge Company of New York and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Yellow Medicine River

Significance:

Local

TC&W Buffalo Creek Bridge (Plato)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-178)

This standard deck plate girder is the eastern crossing of Buffalo Creek

Plato, McLeod County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-55' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

Significance:

Local

RCP&E County Ditch #14 Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1359)

This small steel stringer bridge crosses Lincoln County Ditch #14 east of Tyler

Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Lincoln County Ditch #14

Significance:

Local

TC&W Carver Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-492)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over Carver Creek in Dahlgren

Dahlgren, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-50' deck plate girder and 4-18' concrete arch skeleton abutments

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Carver Creek

Significance:

Moderate

Robert Street Lift Bridge

(Chicago Great Western Bridge #424.50)

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

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:

High

Minneopa Creek Stone Arch

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #430)

This unique stone arch carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline and Gadwall Road (County Road 69) over Minneopa Creek southwest of Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1879, 1905 and 1924

C. Strom; James McClure of St. Paul, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
20' stone arch (682' width)

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Minneopa Creek

Significance:

Moderate

Westminster Junction Tunnel #2

This stone arch tunnel is the southeast of four extant railroad tunnels carrying a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline under the Westminster Street wye in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1889

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:

Moderate