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MPLI - Redwood River Bridge
Photos
M&STL Redwood River Bridge
Looking from County 101 Bridge
Photo taken by John Marvig in June 2011
BH Photo #203525
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over Redwood River on Minnesota Prairie Line
- Location
- Redwood County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1898
- Builder
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Railroads
- - Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
- Minnesota Prairie Line (MPLI)
- Twin Cities Western Railroad (TCWR)
- Design
- Warren Through Truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 121.0 ft.
Total length: 169.0 ft.
- Also called
- M&STL Bridge #59
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.56549, -95.10069 (decimal degrees)
44°33'56" N, 95°06'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/333186/4936830 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Redwood Falls
- Inventory number
- BH 49064 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 2, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added builder
- April 29, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
- October 31, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
- September 2, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Corrected date to match date I got from C&NWHS archives
- August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Railroad", "Twin Cities Western Railroad"
- March 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Minnesota Prairie Line"
- October 26, 2011: New Street View added by John Marvig
- July 6, 2011: Added by John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
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I'm slightly curious about this one. It is only a few miles from this bridge: http://bridgehunter.com/mn/redwood/bh46154/
both of which was ordered as part of an order on 11/1/1898.
Railroad documents from 1928 list this bridge as having been built in 1898, although the actual order from Phoenix and a 1960 track chart list this as a pin connected bridge. An old postcard from ca. 1905 clearly shows the current riveted bridge existed at that time.
I am also curious why a riveted span was used here, instead of a pin connected span similar to what was ordered at the same time. The M&StL/Iowa Central appear to be among the first to have widely used riveted spans.