This large deck girder bridge crosses the Wild Rice River, parallel to US-75.
The bridge features massive stone piers, and several deck girder spans. In addition, the abutment on the north end has been converted to a pier; and trestle approach spans added. br> The bridge was built when the line here was first built. However, it is in poor condition. One of the piers has been found to be undercut and shifting.
Because of this shifting pier, the Minnesota Northern Railroad opted to close the route. When the route was finally abandoned, the pier was several feet out of alignment.
The future of the structure is presently unknown. It is possible it will be converted to a trail bridge.
The author has ranked the bridge as locally significant, due to the lack of sizable spans or old spans of any type in the area.
The photo above is an overview.