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 slab bridge has been restored and now carries the Midtown Greenway

West Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1912

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
4 span concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Bde Maka Ska Drive

Significance:

This through truss swing bridge carries an inactive rail line across the Minnesota River between Savage and Bloomington

Savage, Scott County, Minnesota to Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Closed to all traffic

Built 1910

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company

Design:
250' riveted Warren through truss swing span and steel stringer

Description:
Through truss swing bridge over Minnesota River

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 steel stringer and concrete slab bridge crosses Washington Street Northeast near 23rd Avenue Northeast

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Industrial Contracting Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-49' steel stringer and 2-28' concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer and concrete slab bridge over Washington Street Northeast

Significance:

This large Baltimore through truss and deck girder bridge carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over the Mississippi River on the west side of Nicollet Island in Minneapolis

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1892, 1926, 1963 and 1987

by

Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware; American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
171' Baltimore through truss, 1-100', 1-82', 1-73' deck plate girders, 2-44' steel stringers and 35' concrete modular girder

Description:
Baltimore through truss and deck plate girder bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Columbia Parkway at 35th Avenue Northeast

North Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built ca. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
3 span steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Columbia Parkway

Significance:

This deck girder and concrete slab bridge once crossed Central Avenue (MN-65)

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1923

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Plant) and Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-40' deck plate girder and 2-17' concrete slab

Description:
Replaced deck girder and concrete slab bridge over Minnesota Highway 65 (Central Avenue)

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 steel stringer and concrete slab bridge crosses 22nd Avenue Northeast near Washington Street Northeast

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Industrial Contracting Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-25' steel stringer and 2-15' concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer and concrete slab bridge over 22nd Avenue Northeast

Significance: