, Minnesota

Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

RCP&E County Ditch #14 Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1359)

This small steel stringer bridge crosses Lincoln County Ditch #14 east of Tyler

Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Lincoln County Ditch #14

Significance:

Local

BNSF Leaf River Bridge

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the BNSF Staples Subdivision over the Leaf River

Bluffton, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1906

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-70' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Leaf River

Significance:

Local

CPKC Dobbins Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-172)

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

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
75' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Dobbins Creek

Significance:

Local

UP Bridge #56.18

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #269)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek south of Blakeley

Blakeley, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1898

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Unnamed Creek

Significance:

Local

Soo Line Albany Trestle

This large trestle bridge contains various steel spans that carry the former Soo Line Brooten Route across Interstate 94, County Road 57 and the Lake Wobegon Trail west of Albany

Albany, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Stearns County

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built ca. 1940 and 1956

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
4-60' and 1-43' deck plate girders, 35' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck girder and trestle bridge over Interstate 94, County Road 157 and Lake Wobegon Trail

Significance:

Moderate