Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

TC&W Buffalo Creek Bridge (Hector)
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TC&W Buffalo Creek Bridge (Hector)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-202)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Buffalo Creek on the east side of Hector

Hector, Renville County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930 using a secondhand girder fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo Creek

Significance:

Local

Lake Wobegon Trail - Ashley Creek Bridge
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Lake Wobegon Trail - Ashley Creek Bridge

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Ashley Creek alongside Interstate 94

Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1940

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Ashley Creek

Significance:

Local

UP 95th Street Bridge
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UP 95th Street Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #424)

This through plate girder bridge crosses 95th Street southeast of Blue Earth

Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1915

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
55' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 95th Street

Significance:

Local

CPKC Whitewater River Bridge (Weaver)
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CPKC Whitewater River Bridge (Weaver)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #L-90)

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Whitewater River alongside US Highway 61

Weaver, Wabasha County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-85' through plate girder, deck plate girder and slab

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Whitewater River

Significance:

Local

UP Bridge #35.21
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UP Bridge #35.21

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #174)

This small steel stringer bridge once carried the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway mainline over an unnamed ditch near Merriam Junction

Merriam Junction, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Filled In

Built 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
14' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over drainage ditch

Significance:

Minimal

CPKC Cottonwood River Bridge (New Ulm)
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CPKC Cottonwood River Bridge (New Ulm)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-1703)

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Cottonwood River and was fabricated by a relatively obscure builder

New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-157', 1-148' quadrangular lattice through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Cottonwood River

Significance:

Regional

Alborn Trail Bridge
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Alborn Trail Bridge

(Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Bridge #A1B)

This through plate girder bridge carries the Alborn-Pengilly Trail across the BNSF Railway at Alborn

Alborn, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1919

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad

Design:
3-36' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Alborn Junction Road and BNSF Railway

Significance:

Local

Short Line Bridge
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Short Line Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #L-332)

This large Baltimore deck truss bridge once carried the Milwaukee Road mainline high above the Mississippi River

South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Branch of Chicago)

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
3 span pin connected baltimore deck truss

Description:
Baltimore deck truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

High

NRL Sauk River Bridge
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NRL Sauk River Bridge

This deck plate girder bridge is the easternmost crossing of the Sauk River on the former St. Cloud-Moorhead line

St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Northern Lines Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1958

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
4-55' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sauk River

Significance:

Local

BNSF Otter Tail River Bridge (Frazee)
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BNSF Otter Tail River Bridge (Frazee)

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #199)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Northern Pacific Railroad over the Otter Tail River and River Drive near Frazee

Frazee, Becker County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1896 and 1906

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
1-56' and 2-36' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over River Drive and Otter Tail River

Significance:

Local