Voyageur Trail/Blue Ox Trail - Big Fork River Bridge

Photos 

Big Fork River RR Bridge

Carries the Voyageur/Blue Ox Trail

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in August 2009

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BH Photo #154552

Map 

Street View 

Description 

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

History

Built or Relocated Here in 1907

Builder

- Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan

Railroad

- Northern Pacific Railway (NP)

Design

Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 464.0 ft.

Also called

Big Fork River Railroad 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)

Quadrangle map:

Big Falls

Inventory number

BH 44044 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 22, 2018: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• June 21, 2018: Updated by John Marvig: Added Build/relocation Date from NP Bridge Book
• March 2, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
• 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] att [dot] net
• Matt Lohry
• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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