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MN&S MN-7 Frontage Road Bridge

Hennepin County, Minnesota
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Elevation of bridge

Photo taken by Matthew Lohry in November 2010

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over MN-7(Frontage Road) on Canadian Pacific
Location
St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Status
Open to rail traffic
History
Built 1934
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 26.9 ft.
Total length: 31.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.93750, -93.36222   (decimal degrees)
44°56'15" N, 93°21'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/471420/4976071 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Minneapolis South
Inventory numbers
MN 5199A (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 46812 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 1994)
200

Categories 

"Truck-Eating" (11)
Beam (6,158)
Built 1934 (540)
Built during 1930s (8,576)
Canadian Pacific Railway (241)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (109)
Minneapolis, Norfield & Southern Railway (9)
 Minnesota (948)
Open (28,454)
Railroad (4,223)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,104)
St. Louis Park, Minnesota (8)
Steel stringer (2,380)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,655)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category ""Truck-Eating""
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
  • November 7, 2010: Added by Matthew Lohry

Sources 

  • Matt Lohry
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
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MN&S MN-7 Frontage Road Bridge
Posted December 21, 2012, by Brenda (professionalmom1 at yahoo dot com)

This is the truck eating bridge! It's been remodeled on the HWY 7 side, but the frontage road bridge slices trucks open that try to pass under it. We've seen a lot of them.