Cambria once had a Chicago & North Western Railway line running through it, now owned by CPKC.

CPKC Little Cottonwood River Bridge

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CPKC Little Cottonwood River Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-1687)

This standard through plate girder bridge carries the former Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad over the Little Cottonwood River near Cambria

Cambria, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1918

by

American Bridge Company of New York and unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
90' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Little Cottonwood River

Significance:

Local