, 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 Delano 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

Minnesota River Bluffs Trail - Bluff Creek Arch

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Culvert #30.42)

This large concrete arch bridge carries the Minnesota River Bluffs Trail across Bluff Creek near County Road 101 in Chanhassen

Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Carver County Regional Rail Authority

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902

Walsh Construction Company of Davenport, Iowa

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
18' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Bluff Creek

Significance:

Local

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

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
45' twinned deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

Moderate

UP Straight River Bridge #2

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #2816)

This deck plate girder bridge is the second crossing of the Straight River along the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line

Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built c. 1902

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
3-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Straight River

Significance:

Local

CPKC MN-13 Bridge

(Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Bridge #16.2)

This through girder and steel stringer bridge crosses Minnesota Highway 13 and the Union Pacific Railroad in Savage

Savage, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1910 and 1939

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
35' through plate girder and 6 span steel stringer

Description:
Through girder and steel stringer bridge over Minnesota Highway 13 and Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

Local

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

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

UP Spring Creek Bridge (Madelia)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #521)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over Spring Creek southwest of Madelia

Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1901

American Bridge Company of New York (Lassig Plant) and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
40' deck plate girder and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Spring Creek

Significance:

Local