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St. Cloud Railroad Bridge

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St. Cloud Railroad Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #74.2)

This large Pratt deck truss bridge carries the former Great Northern Railway over the Mississippi River in St. Cloud

St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota to East St. Cloud, Benton County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1892 and strengthened 1922

by

Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
2-172' and 2-170' reinforced Pratt deck trusses

Description:
Pratt deck truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

High