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Big Fork River Railroad Bridge

Koochiching County, Minnesota
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Big Fork River RR Bridge

Carries the Voyageur/Blue Ox Trail

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in August 2009

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Description 

Former rail bridge, now used to carry the Blue Ox Hiking Trail and Voyageur Snowmobile Trail

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Big Fork River on Voyageur Trail/Blue Ox Trail
Location
Big Falls, Koochiching County, Minnesota
Status
Open to pedestrians
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
Voyageur Trail/Blue Ox Trail Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.19539, -93.79742   (decimal degrees)
48°11'43" N, 93°47'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/440741/5338324 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Big Falls
Inventory number
BH 44044 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,046)
Big Falls, Minnesota (1)
Have street view (9,891)
Koochiching County, Minnesota (5)
Minnesota (916)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Pratt through truss (3,165)
 Pratt truss (5,659)
Rail-to-trail (494)
Railroad (4,070)
Through truss (9,205)
Timber stringer (1,858)
Truss (23,568)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "railroad", "Rail-to-trail"
  • August 2, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • February 24, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge type
  • February 7, 2010: Added by Bob Morgan

Sources 

  • Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com
  • Matt Lohry
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

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