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TC&W - Minnehaha Creek Bridge
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TC&W Minnehaha Creek Bridge
Photo taken by John Marvig in August 2012
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BH Photo #248646
Description
Replaced as part of the Southwest Light Rail project
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Minnehaha Creek on Twin Cities & Western Railroad
- Location
- Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1912 for dual tracks, Replaced 2020
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Twin Cities Western Railroad (TCWR)
- Design
- Dual Track 50' Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Span length: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 50.0 ft.
- Also called
- MILW Bridge #O-462
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.93069, -93.37801 (decimal degrees)
44°55'50" N, 93°22'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/470171/4975320 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hopkins
- Inventory number
- BH 53777 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 19, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: bridge has been replaced
- March 28, 2019: New photos from John Marvig
- January 24, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Bridge is doomed
- April 4, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- April 20, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Ballasted Deck"
- February 12, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- October 4, 2012: Added by John Marvig