This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Coal Mine Creek between Springfield and Sanborn

Sanborn, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1923

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Coal Mine Creek

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line over the Cottonwood River east of Sanborn

Sanborn, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT)

Status: Abandoned

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York (Detroit Plant)

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
160' quadrangular lattice through truss and trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Cottonwood River

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge once carried the Chicago & North Western Railway over 12th Street in New Ulm

New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1911

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
31' steel stringer

Description:
Lost steel stringer bridge over 12th Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Minnesota Highway 4 in downtown Sleepy Eye

Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1940

by

Illinois Steel Bridge Company of Jacksonville, Illinois and Megarry Brothers of St. Cloud, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-38' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Minnesota Highway 4

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Cottonwood River and was fabricated by a relatively obscure builder

New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-157', 1-148' quadrangular lattice through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Cottonwood River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge once carried the Chicago & North Western Railway over Broadway Street in New Ulm

New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1909

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
28' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over sidewalk (former Broadway Street)

Significance:

This stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over 6th Street in New Ulm

New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1909

by

Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
24' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over 6th Street North

Significance: