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Omaha Bridge #15 (Old)
Description
Omaha Road designed the two lattice spans, while Milwaukee Road designed the remaining Pratt spans. Spans may have been reused upon replacement.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
- Location
- St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1885, 1887 and 1888; Replaced 1915
- Builders
- - Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (CMO)
- Design
- 1-150' Quadrangular Through Truss (Lassig, 1887)
1-270' Lattice through truss Swing Span (Lassig, 1885)
6-150' Pratt Through Truss (Keystone, 1888)
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 270.0 ft.
Total length: 1,320.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.92438, -93.11769 (decimal degrees)
44°55'28" N, 93°07'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/490711/4974557 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 95026 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 9, 2021: New photo from John Marvig
I assume the stationary spans from this location were likely reused, as both railroads often relocated spans.
This is one of the likely locations:
http://bridgehunter.com/wi/dane/bh54069/