This deck plate girder bridge crosses I-35E south of St. Clair Avenue

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1966

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-95' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Interstate 35E

Significance:

This unique bobtail Pratt through truss swing bridge was jointly built between the Omaha Road and the Milwaukee Road to cross the Mississippi River

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1915

by

Milwaukee Bridge Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and A. Guthrie & Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
239' bobtail Pratt through truss swing span and 1-90', 1-100', 6-80' and 1-70' deck plate girders

Description:
Bobtail Pratt through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline over Maryland Avenue near Dale Street on the west side of St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1929

by

E.J. Dunnigan of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-39' concrete encased beams and 2-14' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Maryland Avenue

Significance:

This concrete slab and brick lined stone arch tunnel is the northwest 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: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1885 and reconstructed 1922

by

Winston Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway and St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
30' concrete slab and stone arch 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 encased half through plate girder bridge carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over 4th Street in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
47' concrete encased half through plate girder

Description:
Concrete encased half through 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 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:

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: