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BNSF Red River Crossing

Clay County, Minnesota, and Cass County, North Dakota
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East approach

Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2009

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Overview
Pony/through girder bridge over Red River of The North & 3rd Street on BNSF Railway in Moorhead
Location
Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, and Cass County, North Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Combination concrete trestle (approaches) and steel through girder (river spans)
Dimensions
Total length: 710.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.87444, -96.77592   (decimal degrees)
46°52'28" N, 96°46'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/669480/5193612 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fargo North
Inventory number
BH 43449 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ballasted Deck (69)
Built 1924 (494)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
Cass County, North Dakota (11)
Clay County, Minnesota (19)
Concrete girder (521)
Continuous (901)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,239)
 Have street view (9,897)
Minnesota (917)
Moorhead, Minnesota (8)
North Dakota (447)
Open (28,315)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Railroad (4,075)
State line crossing (514)
Through girder (1,135)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)

Update Log 

  • April 20, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Ballasted Deck"
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • March 15, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
  • September 9, 2010: New Street View added by Jacob P. Bernard
  • March 4, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated GPS coordinates
  • October 2, 2009: New photos from Jason Smith
  • October 1, 2009: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Matt Lohry
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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