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 deck plate girder bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over the Yellow Medicine River in Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1913

by

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

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Yellow Medicine River

Significance:

This through plate girder and timber trestle bridge crosses the Yellow Medicine River and 510th Street west of Hanley Falls

Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930 and 1940

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
39' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder and timber trestle bridge over Yellow Medicine River and 510th Street

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge once carried the Great Northern Railway over US Highway 212 in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1931

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
1-32' and 2-27' steel stringers

Description:
Lost steel stringer bridge over US Highway 212

Significance:

This deck plate girder viaduct carries the former Great Northern Railway over an overflow of the Minnesota River in Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Minnesota River Overflow

Significance: