Butler-Ryan Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
Abandoned East Channel Bridge
Abandoned East Channel Bridge
(Chicago Great Western Railway Bridge #980)
This curved deck plate girder bridge carries a former spur to Boom Island across the east channel of the Mississippi River at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: City of Minneapolis
Status: Closed to all traffic
Built 1901
by
American Bridge Company (Lassig Branch of Chicago) and Butler-Ryan Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
for
Wisconsin Central Railway
Design:
2-90' and 1-85' deck plate girders
Description:
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over East Channel of Mississippi River
Significance:
Boom Island Pedestrian Bridge
Boom Island Pedestrian Bridge
(Chicago Great Western Railway Bridge #981)
This Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Chicago Great Western Railway spur between Nicollet Island and Boom Island in Minneapolis
Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: City of Minneapolis
Status: Open to trail traffic
Built 1901
by
Unknown and Butler-Ryan Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
for
Wisconsin Central Railway
Design:
172' Pratt through truss
Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over East Channel of Mississippi River
Significance:
Manitowoc Railroad Crossing (East)
Manitowoc Railroad Crossing (East)
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #2121 1/2)
This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the former Soo Line Manitowoc Branch in Manitowoc
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Owner: Canadian National Railway
Status: Abandoned
Built 1896
by
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Butler-Ryan Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
for
Wisconsin Central Railway and Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
132' quadrangular lattice through truss
Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Abandoned Wisconsin Central, Ltd (Former Soo Line Railroad)
Significance: