Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota
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Ivy Road Trail Bridge
Ivy Road Trail Bridge
(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Q-224)
This deck plate girder bridge was built using secondhand spans
Preston, Fillmore County, Minnesota
Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Status: Open to Trail Traffic
Built 1925 and 1943 using secondhand spans
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
1-30', 1-60' deck plate girder and 3-22' steel stringer
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Ivy Road and unnamed creek
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Shooting Star Trail - Little Cedar River Bridge
Shooting Star Trail - Little Cedar River Bridge
(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-142)
This concrete deck girder bridge crosses the Little Cedar River alongside Minnesota Highway 56
Adams, Mower County, Minnesota
Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Status: Open to Trail Traffic
Built 1910
by
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
2-30' concrete deck girder
Description:
Concrete deck girder bridge over Little Cedar River
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:
BNSF Trout Brook Sewer Culvert
BNSF Trout Brook Sewer Culvert
(Great Northern Railway Bridge #0.59)
This small stone arch culvert crosses a branch of the Trout Brook Sewer
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1882 and 1888
by
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and Northern Pacific Railway
Design:
10' stone arch culvert
Description:
Stone arch culvert over Trout Brook Sewer
Significance:
Boom Island Pedestrian Bridge
Boom Island Pedestrian Bridge
(Chicago Great Western Railway Bridge #981)
This Pratt through truss bridge has been preserved as a pedestrian bridge
Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: City of Minneapolis
Status: Open to trail traffic
Built 1901
by
Butler-Ryan Company of St. Paul, Minnesota and designed by Charles Frederick Lowrth
for
Wisconsin Central Railway
Design:
175' pin connected Pratt through truss
Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over East Channel of Mississippi River
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CN Ostrum Trail Bridge
CN Ostrum Trail Bridge
This concrete arch bridge crosses Ostrum Trail near Marine on St. Croix
Marine on St. Croix, Washington County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian National Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1916
by
Unknown
for
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Design:
35' concrete arch
Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Ostrum Trail
Significance:
BNSF 730th Avenue Bridge
BNSF 730th Avenue Bridge
(Great Northern Railway Bridge #64.6)
This standard concrete slab bridge crosses 730th Avenue just east of Dassel
Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1924
by
Great Northern Railway
Design:
4-16' concrete slab
Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 730th Avenue
Significance:
Soo 37th Avenue Bridge
Soo 37th Avenue Bridge
This through plate girder bridge once crossed 37th Avenue at Onetoa Street in Duluth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway
Status: Removed
Built 1907
by
Unknown
for
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Design:
44' through plate girder and trestle
Description:
Lost through plate girder bridge over 37th Avenue
Significance:
Lanesboro Trail Bridge (East)
Lanesboro Trail Bridge (East)
(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Q-190)
This Pratt pony truss bridge features deck girder approaches which are exceptionally old.
Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota
Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Status: Open to Trail Traffic
Built 1899, lengthened 1910 using secondhand spans fabricated 1883 and 1894
by
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
105' Pratt pony truss, 2-66'4
Description:
Pratt pony truss bridge over South Branch Root River
Significance:
UP Porter Creek Bridge
UP Porter Creek Bridge
(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #42)
This small through plate girder bridge features the deck set partially up the girder
Jordan, Scott County, Minnesota
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1902
by
Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
for
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Design:
47' through plate girder
Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Porter Creek
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