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Fertile Railroad Bridge

Polk County, Minnesota
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Fertile Railroad Bridge

Looking from the west? Photo was donated to me in October 2011.

Photo taken by Ronald Taallerud

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Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Sand Hill River on NP Railroad
Location
Fertile, Polk County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1916, removed along with the railroad 1986, trail bridge built ca. 2005
Design
7 Spans Trestle
1-50' Deck plate girder
5 Spans Trestle
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 218.0 ft.
Also called
NP Sand Hill River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.52368, -96.27869   (decimal degrees)
47°31'25" N, 96°16'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/704852/5266950 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fertile
Inventory number
BH 52766 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,052)
Built 1916 (465)
Built during 1910s (6,731)
Deck girder (1,802)
Fertile, Minnesota (1)
Girder (3,241)
Lost (10,373)
Lost 1986 (43)
Lost during 1980s (436)
 Minnesota (917)
Owned by county (16,492)
Plate girder (2,253)
Polk County, Minnesota (17)
Railroad (4,080)
Replaced by new bridge (7,141)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Timber stringer (1,859)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,790)

Update Log 

  • August 7, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Railroad"
  • June 28, 2012: Added by John Marvig

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