Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

Westminster Junction Tunnel #3
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Westminster Junction Tunnel #3

This stone arch tunnel is the northeast 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 1888

by

McMullen & Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

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

Design:
70' stone arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Moderate

UP Grove Street Bridge
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UP Grove Street Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #314 1/4)

This small deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over Grove Street in Le Sueur

Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1896 and widened 1928

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois; American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
36' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Grove Street

Significance:

Local

CPKC Root River Bridge
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CPKC Root River Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #K-702)

This standard Pratt pony truss bridge crosses the Root River alongside Minnesota Highway 26

La Crescent, Houston County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-126' Pratt pony truss and 18' steel stringer

Description:
Pratt pony truss bridge over Root River

Significance:

Moderate

Luce Line Trail Truss Bridge
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Luce Line Trail Truss Bridge

This Pratt through truss bridge has been moved twice and is the centerpiece bridge of the Luce Line State Trail

Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1885 by unknown at Pearl, Illinois and installed here 1913

by the

Electric Short Line Railway

Design:
130' pin-connected Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Wayzata Boulevard (Former US Highway 12)

Significance:

Regional

CPKC St. Anthony Parkway Bridge
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CPKC St. Anthony Parkway Bridge

This concrete slab bridge crosses St. Anthony Parkway near Central Avenue

North Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1920

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
2-30' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over St. Anthony Parkway

Significance:

Local

CPKC Crown Avenue Bridge
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CPKC Crown Avenue Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #556 1/2)

This deck plate girder and trestle bridge crosses Crown Avenue west of Walnut Grove

Walnut Grove, Redwood County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1915

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
33' deck plate girder and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Crown Avenue

Significance:

Local

McKnight Road Overpass
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McKnight Road Overpass

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-484)

This iron through girder bridge was moved twice before being reused as a roadway overpass in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Closed to all traffic

Fabricated 1883 and erected 1913

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
54' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through Plate Girder Bridge over Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Significance:

Regional

CPKC Bridge #M-248
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CPKC Bridge #M-248

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-248)

This small stone arch culvert carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway across a drainage ditch in Waseca

Waseca, Waseca County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1884

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
4' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over drainage ditch

Significance:

Local

Pine City Railroad Bridge
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Pine City Railroad Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #62)

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Snake River in Pine City

Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota

Owner: St. Croix Valley Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
92' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Snake River

Significance:

Local

CPKC Riverside Avenue Bridge
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CPKC Riverside Avenue Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-216 1/2)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Riverside Avenue in Owatonna

Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1901

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
33' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Riverside Avenue

Significance:

Local