Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (Middle)
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Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (Middle)

This deck plate girder bridge is the middle crossing of the Sauk River along the Lake Wobegon Trail

Melrose, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1951

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:

Local

PGR 6th Street Bridge
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PGR 6th Street Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-282 1/2)

This timber pile trestle features a large concrete arch pier

Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Closed to all traffic

Built 1908

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
6 span pile trestle with concrete arch pier

Description:
Timber pile trestle bridge over 6th Street

Significance:

Minimal

Chaska Trestle
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Chaska Trestle

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-110)

This abandoned and mostly burned timber pile trestle carries the abandoned Chaska-Shakopee Trail over an overflow of the Minnesota River

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Status: Closed to Traffic and Partially Burned

Built 1953

by

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
28 span timber pile trestle

Description:
Abandoned timber pile trestle over Minnesota River overflow

Significance:

Local

Abandoned Minnehaha Creek Bridge
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Abandoned Minnehaha Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-338)

This concrete arch bridge crosses Minnehaha Creek alongside Minnesota Highway 55

South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: City of Minneapolis

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
38' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

Local

Midtown Greenway - Lake of the Isles Bridge
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Midtown Greenway - Lake of the Isles Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-1596 1/2)

This concrete slab and stringer bridge now carries the Midtown Greenway over the Lake of the Isles Lagoon and Canal

West Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
Concrete slab and concrete stringer

Description:
Concrete slab and stringer bridge over Lake of the Isles Canal

Significance:

Local

Robert Street Lift Bridge
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Robert Street Lift Bridge

(Chicago Great Western Bridge #424.50)

This through truss vertical lift bridge crosses the Mississippi River alongside Robert Street

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
192' Pratt through truss lift span and 8-79' deck plate girders

Description:
Vertical lift bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

High

UP Straight River Bridge #3
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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:

Local

TC&W Buffalo Creek Bridge (Plato)
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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

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-55' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Virginia Avenue Bridge
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BNSF Virginia Avenue Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #16.9)

This small steel stringer bridge crosses Virginia Avenue

St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1924

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
Steel stringer and concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer and concrete slab bridge over Virginia Avenue

Significance:

Local

CPKC Broadway Avenue Bridge
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CPKC Broadway Avenue Bridge

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

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

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

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Broadway Avenue

Significance:

Local