Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Hanley Falls once had two railroads, including a Great Northern Railway mainline and a Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway branch line. Today, both are owned by BNSF Railway.

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Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)
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Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #43.3)

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over the Yellow Medicine River in Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Yellow Medicine River

Significance:

Local

Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (West)
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Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (West)

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #69)

This through plate girder and timber trestle bridge crosses the Yellow Medicine River and 510th Street west of Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930 and 1940

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
39' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder and timber trestle bridge over Yellow Medicine River and 510th Street

Significance:

Local