, Minnesota

Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

CPKC Credit River Bridge

(Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Bridge #16.9)

This deck girder bridge is located in the trees next to the Quentin Avenue Bridge

Savage, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Closed to all traffic

Built 1909

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Credit River

Significance:

Local

BNSF US-75 Bridge (Crookston)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #81.8)

This steel stringer bridge has a decorative design

Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1952

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3 span steel stringer with concrete facade

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 75

Significance:

Minimal

Adams Trail Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-132)

This through plate girder bridge crosses an unnamed creek on the west side of Adams

Adams, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1940 using secondhand parts

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-65' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

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

Abandoned Ogilvie Stone Arch

This small stone arch culvert crosses an unnamed creek alongside Minnesota Highway 23.

Ogilvie, Kanabec County, Minnesota

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1901

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway

Design:
6' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

UP County Road 69 Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Bridge #162 1/2)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over County Road 69 (former US Highway 69) in Shakopee

Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1957

Unknown and Kraus-Anderson Construction Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-100', 1-99', 1-80' and 1-77' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over County Road 69 (Business US Highway 169)

Significance:

Local

BNSF Monroe Street Bridge (South)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #10.6)

This skewed concrete encased beam and slab bridge crosses Monroe Street Northeast

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1924

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
Concrete encased beam and concrete slab

Description:
Concrete encased beam and slab bridge over Monroe Street Northeast

Significance:

Local

BNSF Grand Marais Creek Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #95.1)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Grand Marais Creek alongside US Highway 2

Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910 using a span fabricated 1903

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Grand Marais Slough

Significance:

Local

Vermillion River Trail Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-2)

This deck plate girder viaduct once carried the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad high above Vermillion Falls

Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota

Owner: City of Hastings

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1896

American Bridge Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
3 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Vermillion River

Significance:

Moderate

UP Bridge #134.66

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #553)

This small deck plate girder bridge carried 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: Filled In

Built 1903

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over drainage ditch

Significance:

Local