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MNS Bridge Over TC&W RR

Hennepin County, Minnesota
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MN&S Bridge

Looking from Cedar Lake Trail

Photo taken by John Marvig in February 2012

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over TC&W RR and Cedar Lake Trail on Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1912 by Minneapolis Northfield Southern
Design
2 Through Plate Girder spans, with I-Beam and steel trestle approaches
Dimensions
Total length: 212.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.93617, -93.36146   (decimal degrees)
44°56'10" N, 93°21'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/471479/4975923 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Minneapolis South
Inventory number
BH 51382 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,046)
Built 1912 (524)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Canadian Pacific Railway (237)
Girder (3,237)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (108)
Minneapolis, Norfield & Southern Railway (9)
Minnesota (916)
 Open (28,310)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,070)
St. Louis Park, Minnesota (8)
Steel stringer (2,325)
Through girder (1,135)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)

Update Log 

  • February 13, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Canadian Pacific Railway", "railroad", "Minneapolis, Norfield & Southern Railway"
  • February 21, 2012: Added by John Marvig

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