St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge
- St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge
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bridge_name=St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge
caption=
official_name=
crosses=Mississippi River
carries=One track of the Union Pacific Railroad
locale=St. Paul, Minnesota
design=Swing bridge
mainspan=401 feet
length=1275 feet
width=18 feet
below=20 feet
open=1910
maint=Union Pacific Railroad
id=K-526.82A
coordinates= coord|44|55|07|N|93|02|03|W|region:US_type:landmark
St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Mississippi River between South Saint Paul, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was built in 1910 by the St. Paul Bridge and Terminal Railway, and was rebuilt in 1925, after a flood in 1951, and again in 1982. Access to the bridge is very limited, because there are active railroad yards on both sides of the bridge.
The Union Pacific Railroad mainline from Des Moines, informally known as the "Spine Line", enters the Twin Cities area and terminates in a yard in South Saint Paul. This line was formerly part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. From this area, traffic to downtown St. Paul takes two routes: one across this bridge, with yards on the east side of the river south of Dayton's Bluff; and the other route using the St. Paul Union Pacific Vertical-lift Rail Bridge into downtown St. Paul.
Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Lafayette Bridge
upstream signs =
downstream = Wakota Bridge
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ee also
*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
References
* cite book
last = Costello
first = Mary Charlotte
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2002
title = Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota
publisher = Adventure Publications
location = Cambridge, MN
id = ISBN 0-9644518-2-4
*cite web|url=http://www.n0kfb.org/homepage/tc_rails/tc_rail1.htm|title=Twin City Railfan's Guide|last=Meyer|first=Dan|accessdate=2006-05-25
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