Rating:
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CP - Medford Rail Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- warren pony truss bridge over Straight River on Abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway
- Location
- Medford, Steele County, Minnesota
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1931
- Railroads
- - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE)
- Design
- Riveted Warren pony truss bridge
- Dimensions
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Span length: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 140.0 ft.
- Also called
- MILW Bridge #S-274
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.17730, -93.24698 (decimal degrees)
44°10'38" N, 93°14'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/480257/4891594 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Medford East
- Inventory number
- BH 46218 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 3, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- November 5, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- November 20, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
- August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "railroad", "Riveted"
- September 18, 2010: Added by Jason Smith
Related Bridges
- BNSF - Mosquito Creek Bridge #6 (Same design) - Same Unique Truss Design
Sources
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- John Marvig Railroad Bridge Photography - MILW Straight River Bridge
Comments
Medford Railroad Bridge
This bridge was part of the passenger line which ran from Minneapolis/ St. Paul to Des Moines via Albert Lea. This is the same line which had the Rock Island Swing Bridge at Inver Grove Heights (now reduced to two approach spans to be preserved). While this line was abandoned in 1980, this bridge remained in place.
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Made me do a double take as I thought this was a through truss.