One track of this deck girder bridge was built using secondhand pieces

Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway (Final Owner)

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1910 using secondhand pieces and widened 1913

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
45' twinned deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Minnehaha Creek

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 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 girder and concrete slab bridge crosses Johnson Street Northeast near I-35W

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1925

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Industrial Contracting Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-34' deck plate girder and 2-16' concrete slab

Description:
Deck girder and concrete slab bridge over Johnson Street Northeast

Significance:

This steel stringer and concrete slab bridge crosses Lowry 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:
2-26' steel stringer and 2-11' concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer and concrete slab bridge over Lowry Avenue Northeast

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses I-35W at the Johnson Street exit

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1973

by

Unknown

for

Burlington Northern Railroad

Design:
3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over I-35W

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge now carries the Midtown Greenway and a seldom used rail spur over 31st Avenue

South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Railroad and Trail Traffic

Built 1893

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
3 span twinned deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 31st Avenue

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 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:

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: