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Rating:
54532
{59}%
2 votes
CP - 270th Street Overpass
Steele County
,
Minnesota
, and
Rice County
,
Minnesota
Photos
Photo taken by John Marvig in January 2012
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BH Photo #243259
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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over 270th Street on Abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
Steele County
,
Minnesota
, and
Rice County
,
Minnesota
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1947
Railroads
-
Canadian Pacific Railway
(CP)
-
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
(MILW)
-
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad
(DME)
-
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad
(ICE)
Design
Steel stringer with trestle approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 27.0 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.19639
,
-93.25194
(decimal degrees)
44°11'47" N, 93°15'07" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/479867/4893716
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Medford West
Average daily traffic
(as of 1995)
135
Inventory numbers
MN 88035
(Minnesota bridge number)
BH 54532
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report
(as of November 1999)
Overall condition:
Poor
Superstructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Poor
(4 out of 9)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Categories
Beam
(15,818)
Built 1947
(289)
Built during 1940s
(4,108)
Canadian Pacific Railway
(565)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
(1,041)
Closed
(2,666)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad
(345)
Have street view
(27,081)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad
(227)
Minnesota
(1,528)
Owned by railroad
(12,507)
Railroad
(15,614)
Rice County, Minnesota
(29)
Span length 25-50 feet
(15,713)
Steel stringer
(6,290)
Steele County, Minnesota
(25)
Timber stringer
(4,031)
Total length 75-100 feet
(6,598)
Update Log
December 3, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
November 20, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
November 18, 2012: Added by John Marvig
Sources
John Marvig
-
marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
John Marvig Railroad Bridge Photography
- Abandoned 270th Street Bridge
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