This concrete slab and brick lined stone arch tunnel is the northwest 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 1885 and reconstructed 1922

by

Winston Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

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

Design:
30' concrete slab and stone arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This deck girder bridge carries the former Northern Pacific Railway White Bear Lake Line over 4th Street in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1893 using a span fabricated 1880

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
2-29' deck plate girders and 18' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 4th Street

Significance:

This attractive concrete arch bridge carries a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline over Lexington Parkway near Como Park in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1908

by

Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
50' closed spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over Lexington Parkway

Significance:

This swing bridge was originally built for the St. Paul Bridge and Terminal Railway in 1910 and has been upgraded since

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota to South St. Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1910 and 1956

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Unknown

for

St. Paul Bridge & Terminal Railway and Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
Through truss swing bridge and deck plate girder

Description:
Through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Northern Pacific Railway mainline over Dale Street on the west side of St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1936

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Northern Pacific Railway and Minnesota Highway Department

Design:
84' skewed through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Dale Street

Significance:

This stone arch tunnel is the southeast 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 1889

by

Unknown

for

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

Design:
267' stone arch tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This stone arch and brick arch tunnel is the southwest 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: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1885

by

Winston Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Unknown

for

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway

Design:
677' stone arch, brick arch and concrete slab tunnel

Description:
Stone arch tunnel over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Johnson Parkway south of Phalen Boulevard

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York and James McClure of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
47' through plate girder and 2-14' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Johnson Parkway

Significance:

This attractive steel stringer and concrete slab bridge carries a former Soo Line mainline over Wheelock Parkway in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1938

by

American Bridge Company of New York and C.F. Sculley Equipment Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
40' steel stringer and 2-11' concrete slabs

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Wheelock Parkway

Significance:

This large through plate girder bridge once carried the former Soo Line mainline across Westminster Street in St. Paul

St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Owner: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1919

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
1-92' and 1-28' skewed through plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Westminster Street

Significance: