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St. Paul Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge

Ramsey County, Minnesota
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This bridge is located immediately west of the Robert Street Bridge, visible at the extreme right. This picture was taken looking north toward downtown St. Paul.

Photo taken by Robert Elder in May 2006

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Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Mississippi River in St. Paul
Location
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
History
Built 1913 replacing a swing bridge, raised 1925, rebuilt over Warner Road 1956
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Waddell & Harrington
Design
7 Spans DPG (80' each)
1 Lift Span (192')
1 DPG
3 I-Beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 192.0 ft.
Total length: 940.0 ft.
Also called
Chicago Great Western Lift Bridge
St. Paul Union Pacific Vertical Lift Rail Bridge
Robert Street Lift Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.94444, -93.08806   (decimal degrees)
44°56'40" N, 93°05'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/493052/4976782 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Saint Paul East
Inventory number
BH 36303 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Bethlehem Steel Co. (50)
Built 1913 (507)
Built during 1910s (6,731)
Chicago Great Western Railway (87)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,241)
Minnesota (917)
Minnesota Department of Transportation (1)
Mississippi River (155)
Movable (1,356)
Open (28,318)
Owned by railroad (4,050)
 Plate girder (2,253)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Railroad (4,081)
Ramsey County, Minnesota (37)
Saint Paul, Minnesota (1)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,575)
Union Pacific Railroad (795)
Vertical lift (275)
Waddell & Harrington (18)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: added builders
  • March 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago Great Western Railway"
  • September 27, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
  • April 11, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Changed name, added date built
  • February 22, 2008: Added by Robert Elder

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Frank Hicks
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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