Browns Creek Trail - MN-95 Overpass
Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over MN-95 on Browns Creek Trail (Planned)
- Location
- Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1912, Converted to Trail 2014
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Minnesota Zephyer Ltd (MZL)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Rail-to-trail
- Design
- Through Plate Girder with trestle approaches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 92.0 ft.
Total length: 130.0 ft.
- Also called
- MZL - MN-95 Overpass
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.07317, -92.80750 (decimal degrees)
45°04'23" N, 92°48'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/515152/4991096 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Stillwater
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 7,300
- Inventory numbers
- MN 6266 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 53765 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of September 1999)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 27, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- March 4, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- March 2, 2014: Updated by John Marvig: \
- October 28, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Merged NBI data.
- June 10, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Bridge has been preserved
- February 13, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- October 3, 2012: Added by John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
Comments
This bridge is not part of the Gateway Trail, which runs to the north along the former Soo Line passenger line. This is a former Northern Pacific branch line between White Bear Lake and Stillwater. It was most recently used for the Minnesota Zephyr dinner train, which ceased operation in 2008.
All is not lost for this bridge, however. The line was recently sold to the Minnesota DNR, which is currently constructing the Browns Creek Trail along the right of way. This trail will split off the Gateway Trail at the former Soo/NP railroad junction (Duluth Junction) and run across this bridge into Stillwater. The new trail will hopefully be open to bike and pedestrian traffic in 2015.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/browns_creek/index.h...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mn/washington/bh53765/
The Browns Creek Trail opened to pedestrian and bicycle traffic on Thursday, October 30, 2014. This bridge is now in service once again.
http://stillwatergazette.com/2014/10/30/browns-creek-trail-n...