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BNSF - Minnesota River Bridge
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BNSF Minnesota River Bridge
Looking from the Marsh Lake Dam with a powerful telephoto. Bridge is about 1/4 of a mile downstream from the dam, and about 3/4 of a mile from any local road following the tracks. Needless to say, this is about as good as the views will get.
Photo taken by John Marvig in August 2012
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BH Photo #249024
Description
Build date provided by 1961 Great Northern Railroad bridge records.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over Minnesota River on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Swift County, Minnesota, and Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1916
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Design
- Through plate girder with Deck Plate Girder and Trestle approaches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 360.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.16792, -96.08938 (decimal degrees)
45°10'04" N, 96°05'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/728729/5005725 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Appleton
- Inventory number
- BH 55535 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 14, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- February 12, 2013: Added by John Marvig