Railroad Bridges in Ramsey County , Minnesota


Ramsey County is located in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The seat and largest city are both St. Paul.

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Westminster Junction Tunnel #3

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Westminster Junction Tunnel #3

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1885

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
677' stone and brick arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Moderate

Gateway State Trail - Wheelock Parkway Bridge

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Gateway State Trail - Wheelock Parkway Bridge

This attractive steel stringer and concrete arch bridge carries the Gateway State Trail over Wheelock Parkway

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1938

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
40' steel stringer and concrete slab

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Wheelock Parkway

Significance:

Local

CPKC Arlington Avenue Bridge

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CPKC Arlington Avenue Bridge

This standard steel stringer crosses Arlington Avenue near Soo Line Junction

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1953

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
35' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Arlington Avenue

Significance:

Local

Bruce Vento Nature Trail - Old East Shore Drive Bridge

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Bruce Vento Nature Trail - Old East Shore Drive Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #3.1)

This concrete arch bridge crosses an abandoned alignment of East Shore Drive

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1908

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
14' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over abandoned East Shore Drive

Significance:

Local

BNSF Lexington Parkway Bridge

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BNSF Lexington Parkway Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #4.1)

This concrete arch bridge is a unique grade separation near Como Park

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:

Moderate

UP Johnson Parkway Bridge

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UP Johnson Parkway Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #439)

This through plate girder bridge crosses Johnson Parkway south of Phalen Boulevard

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York and James McClure of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
47' through plate girder and 2-14' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Johnson Parkway

Significance:

Local

Westminster Junction Tunnel #1

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Westminster Junction Tunnel #1

This stone arch tunnel is one of four existing tunnels at Westminster Junction

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1889

by

Unknown

for

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

Design:
267' stone arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Moderate

BNSF Dale Street Bridge

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BNSF Dale Street Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #3.1)

This through plate girder bridge was designed by the Minnesota Highway Department to replace an older bridge

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1936

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
84' skewed through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Dale Street

Significance:

Local

Omaha Bridge #15

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Omaha Bridge #15

(Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Bridge #15)

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:

High

Bruce Vento Nature Trail - 4th Street Bridge

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Bruce Vento Nature Trail - 4th Street Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #0.1)

This deck girder bridge has been reused to carry the Bruce Vento Nature Trail

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1893 and 1880

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago and Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

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

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 4th Street

Significance:

Moderate