Rating:
54248
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2 votes
Second Carver Railroad Bridge
Description
The second railroad bridge at carver, and the least known was very interesting as well
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
- Location
- Carver, Carver County, Minnesota
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1895
- Railroad
- - Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M&StL; MSTL)
- Design
- Quadruple intersection lattice Through truss Swing Bridge over Minnesota River
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 269.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.76317, -93.62215 (decimal degrees)
44°45'47" N, 93°37'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/450763/4956830 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Shakopee
- Inventory number
- BH 54248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 24, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 1, 2012: Added by John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler