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NP - Red River Bridge #95

Polk County, Minnesota, and Grand Forks County, North Dakota

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Northern Pacific Bridge #95

Swing Pier

Photo taken by John Marvig in July 2012

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BH Photo #235408

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Overview
Lost Warren through truss swing bridge over Red River of the North on Former Northern Pacific
Location
Grand Forks, Polk County, Minnesota, and Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1917 with a swing span, removed 2000 due to "flooding issues"
Railroad
- Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
Design
6 Spans Trestle
126' Warren Through Truss
213' Warren Through Truss Swing Span
70' Deck Plate Girder
10 Spans Trestle
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 213.0 ft.
Total length: 643.0 ft.
Also called
Northern Pacific Swing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.92758, -97.02962   (decimal degrees)
47°55'39" N, 97°01'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/647184/5310129 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Grand Forks
Inventory numbers
NP Bridge #95
BH 52953 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,894)
Built 1917 (665)
Built during 1910s (9,975)
Deck girder (6,310)
East Grand Forks, Minnesota (2)
Girder (11,181)
Grand Forks County, North Dakota (45)
Grand Forks, North Dakota (6)
Have street view (28,926)
Lost (28,575)
Lost 2000 (411)
Lost during 2000s (4,408)
Minnesota (1,649)
Movable (3,121)
 North Dakota (630)
Northern Pacific Railway (456)
Plate girder (8,735)
Polk County, Minnesota (36)
Railroad (16,464)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,060)
State line crossing (913)
Swing (1,565)
Through truss (16,839)
Timber stringer (4,324)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,066)
Truss (35,529)
Warren through truss (1,707)
Warren truss (7,008)

Update Log 

  • March 19, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • October 11, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 7, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Railroad"
  • July 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Northern Pacific Railroad"
  • July 17, 2012: Added by John Marvig

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NP - Red River Bridge #95
Posted March 30, 2022, by Brian Baier (b_ubiquitous [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Description says "This bridge was lost in a flood." This not exactly correct. The bridge itself was undamaged by the flood of 1997. However, as residents demanded some action to reduce potential ice jams in future floods, the majority of the bridge was dismantled and removed, save for the swing column.