Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

BNSF Bridge #34.5
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BNSF Bridge #34.5

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #34.5)

This deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over an overflow of the Minnesota River in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-60' deck plate girders and concrete modular girder

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Minnesota River Overflow

Significance:

Local

CPKC Nevens Avenue Bridge
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CPKC Nevens Avenue Bridge

This steel stringer bridge crosses Nevens Avenue west of Annandale

Annandale, Wright County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1935

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
34' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Nevens Avenue

Significance:

Local

Abandoned Ogilvie Stone Arch
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Abandoned Ogilvie Stone Arch

This small stone arch culvert crosses an unnamed creek alongside Minnesota Highway 23.

Ogilvie, Kanabec County, Minnesota

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1901

by

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway

Design:
6' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Prairie River Bridge
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BNSF Prairie River Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #108.9)

This Warren deck truss bridge carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline across the Prairie River east of Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1899 and reconstructed 1929

by

Carnegie Steel Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
130' Warren deck truss, 3-45' deck plate girders and 2-20' steel stringers

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Prairie River

Significance:

Regional

UP Bridge #52.44
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UP Bridge #52.44

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #256)

This small deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek south of Blakeley

Blakeley, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

IANR Rock Falls Stone Arch (North)
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IANR Rock Falls Stone Arch (North)

This small skewed stone arch culvert crosses Spring Street near River Street

Rock Falls, Cerro Gordo County, Minnesota

Owner: Iowa Northern Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1886

by

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
10' skew stone arch

Description:
Skew stone arch culvert over Spring Creek

Significance:

Local

TC&W Purgatory Creek Bridge
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TC&W Purgatory Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-470)

This standard concrete arch bridge crosses Purgatory Creek

Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
18'x14' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Purgatory Creek

Significance:

Local

TC&W Culvert #O-1459 1/2
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TC&W Culvert #O-1459 1/2

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-1459 1/2)

This concrete box culvert carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over an unnamed drainage ditch along Pioneer Trail in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
6'x6' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over drainage ditch

Significance:

Minimal

BNSF Old US-12 Bridge
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BNSF Old US-12 Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #43.8)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses a former alignment of US Highway 12

Montrose, Wright County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over former US Highway 12

Significance:

Local

TC&W Chippewa River Bridge (East)
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TC&W Chippewa River Bridge (East)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-234)

This through plate girder bridge is the eastern of two through girder bridges which carried the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad across the Chippewa River in Montevideo

Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1904 and widened 1913

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-55' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Chippewa River

Significance:

Local