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BNSF Prairie River Bridge

Itasca County, Minnesota
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BNSF Bridge

Railroad bridge across the Prairie River

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in August 2009

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Prairie River on Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad
Location
Gunn, Itasca County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Deck truss main span across Prairie River, simply supported. Steel stringer on north side continuous with one intermediate pile bent.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.22002, -93.47738   (decimal degrees)
47°13'12" N, 93°28'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/463856/5229724 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
La Prairie
Inventory number
BH 44071 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,046)
Deck truss (954)
Gunn, MN (1)
Itasca County, Minnesota (5)
Minnesota (916)
Open (28,310)
 Owned by railroad (4,039)
Railroad (4,070)
Steel stringer (2,325)
Truss (23,568)
Warren deck truss (338)
Warren truss (3,958)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
  • February 14, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated truss type
  • February 10, 2010: Added by Bob Morgan

Sources 

  • Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com
  • Matt Lohry

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