Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Granite Falls was the crossing point of the Great Northern Railway and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway mainlines. The GN is now part of BNSF Railway, while the Milwaukee Road is owned by the Twin Cities & Western Railroad. Granite Falls is also partially located in Chippewa County.

Random Bridges

BNSF Bridge #34.5

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #34.5)

This deck plate girder viaduct carries the former Great Northern Railway over an overflow of the Minnesota River in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1929

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Minnesota River Overflow

Significance:

Local

BNSF US-212 Bridge (Old)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #34.4)

This steel stringer bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over US Highway 212 in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1931

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
1-32' and 2-27' steel stringers

Description:
Lost steel stringer bridge over US Highway 212

Significance:

Local

Granite Falls Railroad Bridge (North)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #33.1)

This Warren through truss bridge is the northern of two once connected bridges which carried the Great Northern Railway across the Minnesota River at Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
144' riveted Warren through truss

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Minnesota River overflow

Significance:

Moderate

Granite Falls Railroad Bridge (South)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #33.1)

This Warren through truss bridge is the southern of two once connected bridges which carried the Great Northern Railway across the Minnesota River at Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota to Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
2-144' riveted Warren through truss and through plate girder

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Minnesota River

Significance:

Moderate