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CP Camden Bridge

From west bank

Photo taken by John Marvig in September 2012

BH Photo #238935

Overview: Warren deck truss bridge over Mississippi River and St. Anthony Pkwy on Canadian Pacific Railway
Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Status: Open to traffic
History: Open may 1905 replacing a wooden deck and through truss bridge
Railroads: - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (SOO)
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Design: From East to West:
10' Concrete slab
55' Through Plate Girder
1-100'; 2-110' Warren Deck Truss
1-125' Suspended Deck Plate Girder
1-110';1-115';1-110' Warren Deck Truss
2 Span I-Beam
In Addition, there are 5 Deck Plate Girder spans near the west end of the bridge that branch off, carrying an abandoned line to the former north/south industrial line connecting from the Soo Line to the Great Northern in downtown Minneapolis. These 5 Spans are known as the "south wye spans"
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 904.0 ft.
Also called: CP - Mississippi River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.02926, -93.28075 (decimal degrees)
45°01'45" N, 93°16'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/477883/4986239 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Minneapolis North
Inventory number: BH 53394 (Bridgehunter.com ID)