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Lake Wobegon Trail - Sauk River Bridge #2

Stearns County, Minnesota

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Melrose Trail Bridge (W)

Looking West

Photo taken by John Marvig in August 2015

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BH Photo #336451

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Sauk River on Lake Wobegon Trail
Location
Stearns County, Minnesota
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1950 replacing similar bridge built 1902
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 45.0 ft.
Total length: 140.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.68912, -94.85032   (decimal degrees)
45°41'21" N, 94°51'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/355926/5061171 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Melrose
Inventory number
BH 55913 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,661)
Built 1950 (605)
Built during 1950s (4,008)
Deck girder (6,307)
Girder (11,178)
Great Northern Railway (396)
Lake Wobegon Trail (7)
Minnesota (1,649)
 Open to pedestrians (4,585)
Owned by state (16,566)
Plate girder (8,732)
Rail-to-trail (1,657)
Railroad (16,463)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,229)
Stearns County, Minnesota (37)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,190)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2022: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 27, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 28, 2013: Added by John Marvig

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