This steel stringer and concrete slab bridge was constructed as part of a grade separation project in Minneapolis

North Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
44' steel stringer and 2-16' concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Marshall Street Northeast

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge crosses Indian Chief Road and is typical for grade separations along this line

Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Indian Chief Road

Significance:

This long abandoned curved deck plate girder bridge crosses the east channel of the Mississippi River

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: City of Minneapolis

Status: Closed to all traffic

Built 1901

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Branch of Chicago)

for

Wisconsin Central Railway

Design:
Curved 3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over East Channel of Mississippi River

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge crosses Virginia Avenue

St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1924

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
Steel stringer and concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer and concrete slab bridge over Virginia Avenue

Significance:

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

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

Northern Pacific 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 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 large Warren through truss bridge crosses the Crow River just upstream of Interstate 94

Rogers, Hennepin County, Minnesota to St. Michael, Wright County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913 and 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
150' riveted Warren through truss and deck girder

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Crow River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge across Soo Avenue North has partially been replaced

North Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1894 and 1980

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway and Soo Line Railroad

Design:
30' deck plate girder and steel stringer

Description:
Deck girder and steel stringer bridge over Soo Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern across the Great Northern Railway

St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1915

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
Through plate girder and pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over BNSF Railway on CPKC

Significance: