Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota
Random Bridges
BNSF Fillmore Street Bridge
BNSF Fillmore Street Bridge
(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #10.1)
This deck girder and concrete slab bridge crosses Fillmore Street Northeast at 13th Avenue Northeast
Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1926
by
American Bridge Company of New York and Industrial Contracting Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota
for
Northern Pacific Railway
Design:
2-29' deck plate girder and 2-16' concrete slab
Description:
Deck plate girder and concrete slab bridge over Fillmore Street Northeast
Significance:
UP Straight River Bridge #3
UP Straight River Bridge #3
(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #2824)
This deck plate girder bridge is the third crossing of the Straight River along the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line
Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: In Use
Built c. 1903
by
American Bridge Company of New York
for
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Design:
3-55' deck plate girders
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Straight River
Significance:
CPKC Bridge #M-290
CPKC Bridge #M-290
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-290)
This large concrete arch bridge crosses an unnamed creek parallel to US Highway 14 east of Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: In Use
Built 1915
by
Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
16' concrete arch
Description:
Concrete arch bridge over unnamed creek
Significance:
CPKC Cambridge Street Bridge
CPKC Cambridge Street Bridge
This standard steel stringer bridge crosses Cambridge Street
St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1957
by
American Bridge Company of New York
for
Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway
Design:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Cambridge Street
Significance:
MPL High Island Creek Bridge
MPL High Island Creek Bridge
(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #25)
This standard pile trestle crosses High Island Creek in Arlington
Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota
Owner: Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority
Status: Open to Traffic
Built ca. 1950
by
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Design:
11 span pile trestle
Description:
Timber pile trestle bridge over High Island Creek
Significance:
Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (East)
Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (East)
This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Sauk River south of County Road 65
Melrose, Stearns County, Minnesota
Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation
Status: Open to Trail Traffic
Built 1954
by
Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
for
Great Northern Railway
Design:
3-50' deck plate girders
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sauk River
Significance:
DM&E Oak Avenue Bridge
DM&E Oak Avenue Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-215 1/2)
This deck plate girder once carried the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Oak Avenue in Owatonna
Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota
Owner: Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (Final Owner)
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1894
by
Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
33' deck plate girder
Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Oak Avenue
Significance:
UP Bridge #134.66
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
by
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:
UP Sand Creek Bridge #7
UP Sand Creek Bridge #7
(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #34)
This steel stringer bridge sits on attractive stone abutments and is one of several similar bridges in the area
Jordan, Scott County, Minnesota
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1944
by
Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
for
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Design:
2-43' steel stringer
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Sand Creek
Significance:
CN Cloquet River Bridge
CN Cloquet River Bridge
This Warren deck truss bridge crosses the Cloquet River along Center Line Road
Burnett, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian National Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1906 and 1924
by
American Bridge Company of New York
for
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad
Design:
170' Warren deck truss and 5 span deck plate girder
Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Cloquet River
Significance: