Clairemont Ave Railroad Bridge
Looking from Clairemont Ave
Photo taken by John Marvig in May 2012
BH Photo #231996
1-19' Concrete Slab (Built 1911)
1-127'9" Pin Connected Pratt Through Truss, Relocated from the Minnesota River Crossing at Chaska, Minnesota in 1911, originally built 1886 to cross the Zumbro River, at Kellogg, Minnesota.
2-142' Pin Connected Pratt Through Trusses, relocated from Des Moines River crossing at Ottumwa in 1911, originally built 1887.
1-134'6" Pin Connected Warren Through Truss, relocated from Madrid, Iowa crossing of the Des Moines River in 1911, originally built 1888
7-14' Timber Trestle spans, built 1969
If you look closely, you can see that the piers were likley encased. From the top of the bridge you can see the stone...
It looks as if the piers were updated as well. From the photo they appear to be concrete which would date it from sometime about or after 1900. Cut stone was the standard in the 1880's.
Turns out the bridge does indeed have an interesting history. Spans came from Chaska, Minnesota; Ottumwa, Iowa and Madrid, Iowa. All were built between 1886 and 1888 at the original locations, and relocated here in 1911.