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UP Cannon River Bridge

Rice County, Minnesota
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Cannon River High Bridge

From north bank

Photo taken by John Marvig in January 2012

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Same dimensions as this bridge.

http://bridgehunter.com/mn/steele/bh54506/

But only with a deck plate girder instead. Maybe the bridge was formerly a deck truss?

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Cannon River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Rice County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
3 Span Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 110.0 ft.
Total length: 210.0 ft.
Also called
BCR&N Cannon River Bridge
Cannon River High Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.32223, -93.26145   (decimal degrees)
44°19'20" N, 93°15'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/479152/4907696 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 53775 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (20)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Curved (147)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,239)
Minnesota (916)
 Open (28,314)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,075)
Rice County, Minnesota (24)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Union Pacific Railroad (793)

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  • October 4, 2012: Added by John Marvig

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