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Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge

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Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge
Satellite view of the bridge
Coordinates45°01′46″N 93°16′53″W / 45.029414°N 93.281330°W / 45.029414; -93.281330
CarriesCanadian Pacific Railway
CrossesMississippi River
LocaleMinneapolis, Minnesota
Maintained byCanadian Pacific Railway
ID numberD1.00
Characteristics
DesignTruss bridge; middle span is a suspended girder span
Total length904 feet
Longest span90 feet
Clearance below28 feet
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks1
History
Opened1905
Statistics
Daily traffic16.0 trains per day (as of 2014)
Location
The eastern approach of the bridge over the Saint Anthony Parkway, Minneapolis, MN

Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This bridge is the official end of the navigable channel for river traffic. It was built in 1905 by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway. In 1977, the bridge was modified to allow higher clearance under the center span. This was done by replacing the deck truss span with a shallower girder span. It is the main line crossing of the Mississippi River for the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental (Soo Line Railroad) line.

See also

References

  • Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
  1. Missouri Department of Transportation (2017). The Merchants Bridge rehabilitation program (PDF) (Grant application). Figure 10: Rail Traffic Volumes Overlaid with Seismic Hazard, 2014.
  2. Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1969. pp. 29–.
  3. U. S. Coast Guard Light Lists: Volume Five Mississippi River System. ProStar Publications. 2006. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-57785-712-9. It is at mile 857 of the Upper Mississippi River above the Ohio River at Cairo Illinois.
Crossings of the Mississippi River
Upstream
Camden Bridge
 Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge
 Downstream
Lowry Avenue Bridge


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