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M&STL Yellow Medicine River Bridge

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
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M&StL Yellow Medicine River Bridge

Looking west

Photo taken by John Marvig in August 2012

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Yellow Medicine River and County Road on BNSF Railway
Location
Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941 replacing an older trestle
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 435.0 ft.
Also called
Hanley Falls Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.69663, -95.62348   (decimal degrees)
44°41'48" N, 95°37'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/292140/4952599 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wood Lake
Inventory number
BH 53371 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,159)
Built 1941 (303)
Built during 1940s (2,808)
Girder (3,292)
Hanley Falls, Minnesota (2)
Have street view (10,038)
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (82)
Minnesota (948)
Open (28,458)
 Owned by railroad (4,123)
Plate girder (2,289)
Railroad (4,226)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,104)
Through girder (1,148)
Timber stringer (1,895)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,383)
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (9)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
  • September 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed category "Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway"Added category "Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway"
  • September 1, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Skewed", "Railroad"

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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