This deck plate girder bridge carries the Dakota Rail Trail over the Crow River west of Mayer

Mayer, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Carver County Regional Rail Authority

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1940 using spans fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
1-61' and 2-31' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Crow River

Significance:

This large deck plate girder viaduct once carried the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over Spring Creek and Broadway Street on the north side of Carver

Carver, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Status: Removed

Built 1936 using spans fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
Deck plate girder and trestle viaduct

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Spring Creek and Broadway Street

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge crosses carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over County Road 36 on the east side of Cologne

Cologne, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
28' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over County Road 36 (Old US Highway 212)

Significance:

This concrete box culvert carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over an unnamed drainage ditch along Pioneer Trail in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
6'x6' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over drainage ditch

Significance:

This concrete box culvert carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over McKnight Lake (East Chaska Creek) in Chaska

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1906 and 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
14'x8' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over McKnight Lake (East Chaska Creek)

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway over Minnesota Highway 101 south of Chanhassen

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway (Final Owner)

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1902

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and Walsh Construction Company of Davenport, Iowa

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
24' deck plate girder

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Minnesota Highway 101

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway across the Minnesota River at Carver

Carver, Carver County, Minnesota to Merriam Junction, Scott, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Removed

Built 1917

by

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

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
2-73' and 4-68' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Minnesota River

Significance:

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

Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Carver County Regional Rail Authority

Status: Removed

Built 1956

by

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
5 span timber pile trestle

Description:
Lost timber pile bridge over old channel of West Chaska Creek

Significance:

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:

This modern deck girder bridge features a decorative facade

Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1980

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
Deck plate girder

Description:
Steel girder bridge over Powers Boulevard

Significance: