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NPR - Red River of the North Bridge
Photos
SOO - Red River Bridge
Oslo MN
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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BH Photo #289996
Description
Jas. J. Hill (the "Empire Builder") insisted that the Red River was navigable as the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie RR "Soo Line", built west from Thief River Falls thru Oslo in 1905, necessitating a drawbridge. Draw was last opened for river traffic in 1923. *ref: Saga of the Soo, West from Shoreham by John A. Gjevre
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over Red River of the North on Northern Plains Railroad
- Location
- Oslo, Marshall County, Minnesota, and Walsh County, North Dakota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1905, Approaches Replaced 2011-2013
- Railroads
- - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Northern Plains Railroad
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- Design
- Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 235.0 ft.
Total length: 580.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +48.19379, -97.14136 (decimal degrees)
48°11'38" N, 97°08'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/638123/5339510 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Oslo
- Inventory number
- BH 57366 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 22, 2020: New photos from John Marvig
- March 26, 2020: Updated by Martin Johnson: Bridge build date corrected from 1912 to 1905. ref. Saga of the Soo, West from Shoreham by John A. Gjevre - also I have a RPPC of bridge in 1907, MAJ
- December 19, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- April 5, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information, Approaches were replaced
- July 31, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- July 26, 2013: Added by John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Martin Johnson