Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

CPKC Quentin Avenue Bridge
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CPKC Quentin Avenue Bridge

(Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Bridge #16.8)

This steel stringer bridge is a one lane crossing of Quentin Avenue

Savage, Scott County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Closed to all Traffic, funding secured for replacement

Built 1941

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
Steel stringer and timber frame trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Quentin Avenue

Significance:

Local

Ivy Road Trail Bridge
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Ivy Road Trail Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Q-224)

This deck plate girder bridge was built using secondhand spans

Preston, Fillmore County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1925 and 1943 using secondhand spans

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
1-30', 1-60' deck plate girder and 3-22' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Ivy Road and unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

Nicollet Island Railroad Bridge
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Nicollet Island Railroad Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #10.9)

This large Baltimore through truss and deck girder bridge crosses the Mississippi River on the west side of Nicollet Island

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1893, 1924 and 1963

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
171' riveted Baltimore through truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Baltimore through truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

Moderate

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

Milaca Trail Bridge
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Milaca Trail Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #24.7)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a trail across the Rum River

Milaca, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Owner: City of Milaca

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1941

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
75' and 72' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Rum River

Significance:

Local

BNSF Buchanan Street Bridge
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BNSF Buchanan Street Bridge

(Northern Pacific Railway Bridge #10.0)

This deck girder and concrete slab bridge crosses Buchanan Street Northeast near Broadway Street Northeast

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Industrial Contracting Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-29' deck plate girder and 2-16' concrete slab

Description:
Deck girder and concrete slab bridge over Buchanan Street Northeast

Significance:

Local

Central Lakes Trail - 1st Avenue Bridge
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Central Lakes Trail - 1st Avenue Bridge

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #118.2)

This steel stringer bridge carries the Central Lakes Trail over 1st Avenue

Osakis, Douglas County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT)

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1929

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
35' and 2-15' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 1st Avenue

Significance:

Local

Abandoned East Chaska Creek Bridge
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Abandoned East Chaska Creek Bridge

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #17)

This small timber pile trestle once carried the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway over the original channel of East Chaska Creek in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Carver County Regional Rail Authority

Status: Removed

Built 1956

by

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
4 span timber pile trestle

Description:
Lost timber pile trestle bridge over East Chaska Creek

Significance:

Minimal

Luverne Railroad Bridge
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Luverne Railroad Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #P-55)

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Rock River in Luverne

Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota

Owner: Ellis & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
58' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Rock River

Significance:

Local

Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)
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Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge (East)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #43.3)

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over the Yellow Medicine River in Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Yellow Medicine River

Significance:

Local