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

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

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

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Broadway Avenue

Significance:

This deck girder and concrete slab bridge crosses Johnson Street Northeast near I-35W

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1925

by

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

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-34' deck plate girder and 2-16' concrete slab

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

Significance:

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

by

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:

This large Warren deck truss bridge crosses the Mississippi River near 42nd Avenue

North Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1905 and 1936

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Newmann & Hay of St. Paul, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
Warren deck truss, deck plate girder and through plate girder

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is one of the earliest interstate-era grade separations in the Twin Cities

Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Progressive Rail, Inc.

Status: In Use

Built 1958

by

Unknown and Oster & Pederson Inc. of Grove City, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway

Design:
2-62' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Interstate 494

Significance:

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

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
38' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the east channel of the Mississippi River at Nicollet Island

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1893 and 1924

by

Unknown and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-76' twinned deck plate girder spans

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over East Channel of Mississippi River

Significance:

This large concrete arch bridge crosses the Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls

Downtown, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1917

by

Unknown

for

City of Minneapolis and Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company

Design:
8 span open spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses I-35W at the Johnson Street exit

Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1973

by

Unknown

for

Burlington Northern Railroad

Design:
3 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over I-35W

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge was one of the earliest freeway grade separations in the United States

St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway and Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1936

by

American Bridge Company (Gary, Indiana Plant) and unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
2-53' steel stringer

Description:
Lost steel stringer bridge over Minnesota Highway 100

Significance: