Sauk Centre had two railroads, including a Great Northern Railway mainline and a Northern Pacific Railway branch line. Today, the GN is a trail, while the NP is abandoned.

Random Bridges

Lake Wobegon Trail - Ashley Creek Bridge

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Lake Wobegon Trail - Ashley Creek Bridge

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Ashley Creek alongside Interstate 94

Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1940

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Ashley Creek

Significance:

Local

Lake Wobegon Trail - Hoboken Creek Arch

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Lake Wobegon Trail - Hoboken Creek Arch

This small stone arch culvert crosses Hoboken Creek in Sauk Centre

Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1888

by

Unknown

for

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitboa Railway

Design:
12' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over Hoboken Creek

Significance:

Local

Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (West)

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Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (West)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #115.6)

This deck plate girder bridge is the westernmost crossing of the Sauk River on the Lake Wobegon Trail

Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT)

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
4-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sauk River

Significance:

Local