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Short Line Bridge

Hennepin County, Minnesota
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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Mississippi River on Railroad
Location
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1880, rebuilt in 1902
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
1-67' Through Plate Girder
1-288' Baltimore Deck Truss (7 Panel)
1-330' Baltimore Deck Truss (8 panel)
1-230' Baltimore Deck Truss (6 panel)
3 Spans Through Plate Girder (154')
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 330.0 ft.
Total length: 1,069.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.95608, -93.21253   (decimal degrees)
44°57'22" N, 93°12'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/483236/4978093 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Saint Paul West
Inventory number
BH 52955 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Baltimore deck truss (14)
Baltimore truss (163)
Built 1902 (244)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Canadian Pacific Railway (237)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Deck truss (955)
Girder (3,238)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (108)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (76)
Minnesota (916)
 Minnesota Commercial Railway (1)
Mississippi River (155)
Open (28,316)
Owned by railroad (4,045)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Through girder (1,135)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,215)
Truss (23,573)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
  • September 9, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • July 18, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • July 18, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
  • MNHS - Picture of former bridge
  • MNHS - Bridge under construction
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Short Line Bridge
Posted July 18, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Yes, I know. Shame on the person who did that.

Fortunately, we are very close to the point where the railroad will abandoned this bridge, and the bridge will become part of the trail network...

Short Line Bridge
Posted July 18, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

The security is so high because someone doused it in gasoline and set it ablaze in 2006.

Short Line Bridge
Posted July 18, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

This bridge was actually built in 1912, but the first bridge here opened in the early 1880's. I have some photos of it that I will upload in the coming days. The only downside of this bridge is the security, which is completely unreasonable. There are 10' high barbwire fences, gates, cameras and about 15 no trespassing signs just on the west end of the bridge, not to mention the unused deck stripped off on the approaches.