Sanborn once had a pair of Chicago & North Western Railway lines running through it. The line to Iowa is now abandoned, while CPKC owns the former Dakota Division mainline.
Random Bridges
C&NW Cottonwood River Bridge
C&NW Cottonwood River Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #610)
This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line over the Cottonwood River east of Sanborn
Sanborn, Brown County, Minnesota
Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT)
Status: Abandoned
Built 1910
by
American Bridge Company of New York (Detroit Plant)
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
160' quadrangular lattice through truss and trestle
Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Cottonwood River
Significance:
CPKC Coal Mine Creek Bridge
CPKC Coal Mine Creek Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #502)
This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Coal Mine Creek between Springfield and Sanborn
Sanborn, Brown County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1923
by
American Bridge Company of New York
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
3 span deck plate girder
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Coal Mine Creek
Significance:
