This skewed concrete encased beam and slab bridge crosses Monroe Street Northeast

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
Concrete encased beam and concrete slab

Description:
Concrete encased beam and slab bridge over Monroe Street Northeast

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Soo Line spur over Plymouth Avenue on the north side of Minneapolis

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1900

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Trainor Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
45' through plate girder and 2-15' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Plymouth Avenue

Significance:

This unique through and deck plate girder bridge carries a railroad yard over 15th Avenue Southeast near the University of Minnesota campus

Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1919 and 1921

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
54' through plate girder and 2-12' concrete slabs (north tracks); 54' deck plate girder and 2-12' concrete slabs (south tracks)

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over 15th Avenue Southeast

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway over Minnehaha Creek

Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (Final Owner)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1900

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
52' deck plate girder

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge was rehabilitated and is now part of a trail

Spring Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1914

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
50' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Seton Lake Channel

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge has been moved twice and is the centerpiece bridge of the Luce Line State Trail

Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1885 by unknown at Pearl, Illinois and installed here 1913

by the

Electric Short Line Railway

Design:
130' pin-connected Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Wayzata Boulevard (Former US Highway 12)

Significance:

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:

This concrete encased beam and slab bridge crosses 19th Avenue Northeast near Monroe Street

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
2-27' concrete encased beam and 2-15' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete encased beam and concrete slab bridge over 19th Avenue Northeast

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is one of the earliest interstate-era grade separations in the Twin Cities

Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Progressive Rail, Inc.

Status: In Use

Built 1958

by

Unknown and Oster & Pederson Inc. of Grove City, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
2-62' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Interstate 494

Significance:

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: