MPLI - Minnesota River Bridge

Photos 

Portal view

Photo taken by Jason Smith

Enlarge

BH Photo #177501

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Pratt through truss bridge over Minnesota River on Twin Cities and Western Railroad

Location

Morton, Redwood County, Minnesota, and Renville County, Minnesota

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1896

Builder

- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M&StL; MSTL)
- Minnesota Prairie Line (MPLI)
- Twin Cities Western Railroad (TCWR)

Design

Pratt through truss with 87 approach spans of pile bridge.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 157.0 ft.
Total length: 1,342.0 ft.

Also called

M&STL Bridge #53

Approximate latitude, longitude

+44.54569, -94.98879   (decimal degrees)
44°32'44" N, 94°59'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/342019/4934408 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Morton

Inventory number

BH 46154 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 29, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
• October 31, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
• August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Twin Cities Western Railroad"
• March 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Minnesota Prairie Line"
• March 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected build date, added some links.
• March 2, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• February 28, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Minnesota River", "Scheduled for replacement", "6-panel truss"
• July 7, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: added flickr link to photo of trestle
• July 7, 2011: Updated by John Marvig: Built 1884, not 1883
• September 13, 2010: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Luke
• Image
• Image
• John Weeks Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography
• Bridge in 1900
• Postcard from 1915

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