, Minnesota

Railroad Bridges in , Minnesota

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Random Bridges

Short Line Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #L-332)

This large Baltimore deck truss bridge once carried the Milwaukee Road mainline high above the Mississippi River

South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1900

American Bridge Company (Lassig Branch of Chicago)

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
3 span pin connected baltimore deck truss

Description:
Baltimore deck truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

High

CPKC Cottonwood River Bridge (Lamberton)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #526)

This large quadrangular lattice through truss crosses the Cottonwood River between Sanborn and Lamberton

Lamberton, Redwood County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1919

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
140' quadrangular lattice through truss, deck plate girder and trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Cottonwood River

Significance:

Moderate

CPKC Broadway Avenue Bridge

This through plate girder bridge is one of two parallel bridges across Broadway Avenue at this location

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1905

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
1-65' through plate girder and 2-22' deck plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Broadway Avenue

Significance:

Local

MPL High Island Creek Bridge

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #25)

This standard pile trestle crosses High Island Creek in Arlington

Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to Traffic

Built ca. 1950

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
11 span pile trestle

Description:
Timber pile trestle bridge over High Island Creek

Significance:

Minimal

Good Thunder Railroad Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Q-1444)

This skewed Pratt through truss bridge carries the abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over the Maple River near Good Thunder

Good Thunder, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1929 using a span fabricated 1897

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
140' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Maple River

Significance:

Regional

Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge (East)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Sauk River south of County Road 65

Melrose, Stearns County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1954

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sauk River

Significance:

Local

Abandoned Minnehaha Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #S-338)

This concrete arch bridge crosses Minnehaha Creek alongside Minnesota Highway 55

South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: City of Minneapolis

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
38' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

Local

Westminster Junction Tunnel #3

This stone arch tunnel is the northeast of four extant railroad tunnels carrying a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline under the Westminster Street wye in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1888

McMullen & Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway and St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
70' stone arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Moderate