Rating:
44071
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BNSF - Prairie River Bridge
Photos
BNSF Bridge
Railroad bridge across the Prairie River
Photo taken by Bob Morgan in August 2009
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BH Photo #154875
Description
Information from 1961 Great Northern bridge records.
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Prairie River on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Coleraine, Itasca County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1899, Reinforced 1929
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Design
- Warren Deck Truss with Alternating Verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 135.0 ft.
Total length: 307.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.22002, -93.47738 (decimal degrees)
47°13'12" N, 93°28'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/463856/5229724 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- La Prairie
- Inventory number
- BH 44071 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 22, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- July 8, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- June 23, 2015: Updated by Luke: Build date via John
- October 12, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
- February 14, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated truss type
- February 10, 2010: Added by Bob Morgan
Sources
- Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
- Matt Lohry
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com