, Minnesota

Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

BNSF Rum River Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #27)

These parallel deck plate girder bridges carry the BNSF mainline across the Rum River

Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1905

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway

Design:
4-83' deck plate girders (south track), 4-80' deck plate girders (north track)

Description:
Parallel deck plate girder bridges over Rum River

Significance:

Local

CPKC Maple Creek Bridge (Owatonna)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-266)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Maple Creek in Owatonna

Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1897

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
65' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Maple Creek

Significance:

Local

Westminster Junction Tunnel #1

This stone arch and brick arch tunnel is the southwest 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: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1885

Winston Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
677' stone arch, brick arch and concrete slab tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Moderate

BNSF Trout Brook Sewer Culvert

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #0.59)

This small stone arch culvert carries former Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway mainlines over the Trout Brook Sewer near 4th Street in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1862, 1881, 1886 and 1889

Unknown

for

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over Trout Brook Sewer

Significance:

Moderate

BNSF Broadway Avenue Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #12)

This through plate girder bridge is one of two parallel bridges across Broadway Avenue at this location

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
1-65' and 2-22' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Broadway Avenue

Significance:

Local

MNN Sand Hill River Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #64.7)

This standard steel stringer and trestle bridge crosses the Sand Hill River south of Beltrami

Beltrami, Polk County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Northern Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1966

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
48' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Sand Hill River

Significance:

Minimal

BNSF Wavy Drive Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #184)

This small deck girder bridge carries a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline over Wavy Drive (former US Highway 10) between New York Mills and Perham

Perham, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1928

American Bridge Company of New York and Peppard & Fulton of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
36' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wavy Drive (former US Highway 10)

Significance:

Local