This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over the Upper Iowa River in Le Roy

Le Roy, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1936 using spans fabricated 1903

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
6-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Upper Iowa River

Significance:

This large Baltimore through truss bridge contains numerous interesting features

Lyle, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1900

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago and G.H. Scribner of Chicago

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
192' pin-connected Baltimore through truss and trestle

Description:
Baltimore through truss bridge over Cedar River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Interstate 90 on the north side of Austin

Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1957

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
4 span steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Interstate 90

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Oakland Place (Former US Highway 16) in Austin

Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1934

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-38' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Oakland Place (Former US Highway 16)

Significance:

This concrete deck girder bridge crosses the Little Cedar River alongside Minnesota Highway 56

Adams, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1910

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-30' concrete deck girder

Description:
Concrete deck girder bridge over Little Cedar River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Dobbins Creek south of Oakland Place

Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
75' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Dobbins Creek

Significance:

This historic Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Cedar River north of Austin

Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Ramsey County/Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1911 using a span fabricated 1887

by

Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-102' Pratt through trusses

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Cedar River

Significance:

Adams, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner:

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Design:

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Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Wolf Creek north of Austin

Austin, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1950 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
50' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wolf Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses an unnamed creek on the west side of Adams

Adams, Mower County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1940 using secondhand parts

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-65' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: