This abandoned stone arch once carried the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Lime Valley Creek next to County Road 5

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1887

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Lime Valley Creek

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert once carried the northern leg of a Chicago & North Western Railway wye over a ravine

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned and Deteriorating

Built 1886

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
9' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed ravine

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries the Sakatah Singing Hills Trail across an unnamed ravine on the north side of Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1886

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed ravine

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over an unnamed creek on the north side of Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This unique stone arch carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline and Gadwall Road (County Road 69) over Minneopa Creek southwest of Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1879, 1905 and 1924

by

C. Strom; James McClure of St. Paul, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
20' stone arch (682' width)

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Minneopa Creek

Significance:

This large deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Sibley Parkway in Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad/Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1896 and c. 1930

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway/Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
36' deck plate girder, 36' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Sibley Parkway

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Woodland Avenue in Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built ca. 1930

by

Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway/Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Woodland Avenue

Significance: