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UP - Straight River Bridge #4

Steele County, Minnesota

Photos 

UP Bridge Ave. Bridge Owatonna.JPG

Overview

Photo taken by Jason Smith in Sept. 2009

BH Photo #171113

Map 

Facts 

Overview
5 Span Deck Plate Girder bridge over Straight on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1902
Railroads
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (RI; CRIP; ROCK)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
5 Spans Deck Plate Girder sitting on Stone piers and abutments.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 200.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.08381, -93.23100   (decimal degrees)
44°05'02" N, 93°13'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/481505/4881207 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Owatonna
Inventory number
BH 45748 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1902 (430)
Built during 1900s (6,438)
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (133)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,158)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (929)
Continuous (2,018)
Deck girder (4,750)
Girder (8,449)
Minnesota (1,383)
 Open (37,476)
Owatonna, Minnesota (16)
Owned by railroad (10,233)
Plate girder (6,454)
Railroad (13,542)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,107)
Steele County, Minnesota (24)
Total length 175-250 feet (3,862)
Union Pacific Railroad (1,997)

Update Log 

  • October 11, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • November 20, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
  • November 18, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
  • July 29, 2010: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com

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