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UP - Porter Creek Bridge
Photos
M&STL Bridge #42
Looking north
Photo taken by John Marvig in October 2011
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BH Photo #240828
Description
Build date provided by 1928 M&StL valuation summary
Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over Porter Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Scott County, Minnesota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1902
- Railroads
- - Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Through Plate Girder
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 46.8 ft.
Total length: 46.8 ft.
- Also called
- M&STL - Bridge #42
M&STL - Porter Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.63587, -93.59630 (decimal degrees)
44°38'09" N, 93°35'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/452705/4942674 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jordan East
- Inventory number
- BH 53736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 16, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added build date from ICC records
- May 9, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected stream name
- April 20, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Ballasted Deck"
- October 2, 2012: Added by John Marvig