This Warren through truss bridge is the southern of two once connected bridges which carried the Great Northern Railway across the Minnesota River at Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota to Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
2-144' riveted Warren through truss and through plate girder

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Minnesota River

Significance:

This Warren through truss bridge is the northern of two once connected bridges which carried the Great Northern Railway across the Minnesota River at Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
144' riveted Warren through truss

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Minnesota River overflow

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is the western of two through girder bridges which carried the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad across the Chippewa River in Montevideo

Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913 and 1958

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
4-40' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Chippewa River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is the eastern of two through girder bridges which carried the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad across the Chippewa River in Montevideo

Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1904 and widened 1913

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-55' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Chippewa River

Significance:

This small deck girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad across Brafees Creek in Wegdahl

Wegdahl, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
40' deck plate girder and 24' timber stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Brafees Creek and Driveway

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge has decorative features typical of early Minnesota Highway Department grade separations

Milan, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Unknown and M.E. Souther Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
48' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 59/Minnesota Highway 7

Significance:

This small timber stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over an unnamed creek east of Milan

Milan, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1960

by

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
3-16' timber stringers

Description:
Timber stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over the Watson Sag (Chippewa River Diversion Channel) east of Milan

Milan, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1938

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
3-57' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Watson Sag (Chippewa River Diversion Channel)

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over 160th Avenue west of Milan

Milan, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
22' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 160th Avenue

Significance:

This timber stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over Oak Street in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Owner: Twin Cities & Western Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built ca. 1950

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
24' timber stringer

Description:
Timber stringer bridge over Oak Street

Significance: