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 36th Avenue South

South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status:

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
4 span concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 36th Avenue South

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses US Highway 169 north of Schmidt Lake Road

Plymouth, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1969

by

St. Paul Structural Steel Company of St. Paul, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Soo Line Railroad

Design:
4 span steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 169

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 through plate girder bridge crosses Glenwood Avenue (County Road 40) west of Xenia Avenue

Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1926

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
42' through plate girder and 2-18' concrete slab

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Glenwood Avenue (County Road 40)

Significance:

This abandoned concrete slab bridge once carried the Northern Pacific Line "E" across Monroe Street Northeast

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status:

Built 1924

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
4 span concrete slab bridge

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Monroe Street Northeast

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 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 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 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: