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BNSF Minnesota River Crossing

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and Chippewa County, Minnesota
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Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2010

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Overview
Warren through truss bridges over Minnesota River and overflow on BNSF Railroad
Location
Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and Chippewa County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built in 1887, current spans built in 1902, split into 2 bridges ca. 2010
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Bridge #1:
2-140' Warren Through Truss Spans
1-50' Through Plate Girder
2 Spans Concrete T Girder
Bridge #2:
2 Spans Concrete Beam
1-130' Warren Through Truss
2 Spans Concrete Beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 390.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.82285, -95.55971   (decimal degrees)
44°49'22" N, 95°33'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/297634/4966459 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Granite Falls
Inventory number
BH 47538 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Built 1902 (244)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
Chippewa County, Minnesota (13)
Concrete girder (521)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,241)
Granite Falls, Minnesota (4)
Great Northern Railway (88)
Minnesota (917)
Minnesota River (22)
Open (28,320)
 Owned by railroad (4,053)
Plate girder (2,253)
Railroad (4,084)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,957)
Through girder (1,137)
Through truss (9,212)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,372)
Truss (23,576)
Warren through truss (928)
Warren truss (3,961)
Wooden deck (5,398)
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (9)

Update Log 

  • March 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Riveted", "Minnesota River", "Wooden deck"
  • October 23, 2011: Updated by John Marvig: now 2 seperate bridges
  • September 21, 2011: New photo from John Marvig
  • January 6, 2011: Added by Jason Smith

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