Benning Stone Arch Bridge

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Benning Stone Arch

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in November 2016

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BH Photo #369473

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Description

Date provided by C&NW bridge records at the C&NWHS archives.

Facts

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Tributary of Minnesota River on Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail along Abandoned C&NW
Location: Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Status: Derelict/abandoned
History: Built 1880
Railroad: - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Span length: 8.0 ft.
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.20257, -93.97520 (decimal degrees)
44°12'09" N, 93°58'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/422080/4894835 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Mankato East
Land survey: T. 109 N., R. 26 W., Sec. 32
Elevation: 890 ft. above sea level
Inventory number: BH 58131 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

September 30, 2019: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail", "Rail-to-trail"
November 7, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
September 23, 2013: Updated by J.P.: Added category "Railroad"

Sources

J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

Benning Stone Arch

Posted September 30, 2019, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Sad to see it coming apart. Perhaps the trail people will restore it.

Unnamed Creek Bridge

Posted September 23, 2013, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

This isn't real far from me so I might try to hit it at some point in the near future. There are a few other stone arches and tunnels around Mankato as well

Unnamed Creek Bridge

Posted September 23, 2013, by J.P. (wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com)

picture of bridge here

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/63086823?source=wapi&referrer...