This deck girder bridge carries the former Northern Pacific Railway White Bear Lake Line over 4th Street in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1893 using a span fabricated 1880

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-29' deck plate girders and 18' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 4th Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Edgerton Street south of Centerville Road

Vadnais Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Commercial Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1949

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
50' through plate girder, steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Edgerton Street

Significance:

This abandoned tunnel underneath Summit and Selby Avenues served streetcars of the Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: City of St. Paul

Status: Abandoned and sealed off

Built 1907

by

Unknown

for

Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company

Design:
1472' concrete cut and cover tunnel

Description:
Abandoned tunnel underneath Summit Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Osceola Avenue near Interstate 35E

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
1-41' and 2-12' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Osceola Avenue

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Gateway State Trail over I-35E

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Removed

Built 1960

by

Paper, Calmenson & Company of St. Paul, Minnesota and Ashbach Construction Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and Minnesota Highway Department

Design:
4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Interstate 35E

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline over Dale Street on the west side of St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1936

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Northern Pacific Railway and Minnesota Highway Department

Design:
84' skewed through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Dale Street

Significance:

This attractive concrete arch bridge carries a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline over Lexington Parkway near Como Park in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1908

by

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
50' closed spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over Lexington Parkway

Significance:

This stone arch and brick arch tunnel is the southwest of four extant railroad tunnels carrying a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline under the Westminster Street wye in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1885

by

Winston Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
677' stone arch, brick arch and concrete slab tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This standard steel stringer bridge crosses Water Street near the swing bridge across the Mississippi River

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
26' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Water Street

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries the Minnesota Commercial Railroad over Como Avenue immediately west of Minnesota Highway 280

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Commercial Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Unknown and Dunnigan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Minnesota Transfer Railway

Design:
1-50' and 2-18' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Como Avenue

Significance: