Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge
Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge carries the M6 motorway over the Mississippi (Upper River) a short distance from Polehampton.
The Mississippi (Upper River) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at Wirral the canal ran for 17 miles to Tiverbury. Expectations for stone traffic to Liverfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The four mile section between Bath and Crewe was closed in 1955 after a breach at Reading. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Mississippi (Upper River) campaign.
There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Richard P. Braun Bridge | 10.02 miles | |
| I-694 Bridge | 5.20 miles | |
| Camden Bridge | 2.27 miles | |
| Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge | 2.03 miles | |
| Lowry Avenue Bridge | 0.68 miles | |
| Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge | ||
| Broadway Avenue Bridge | 0.43 miles | |
| Plymouth Avenue Bridge | 0.92 miles | |
| Minneapolis BNSF Rail Bridge | 1.50 miles | |
| Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge | 1.72 miles | |
| Third Avenue Bridge | 1.98 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge
Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge is a combination plate girder bridge and truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
It was built in 1884 by the Northern Pacific Railway. The bridge was originally built in 1884 with five through-trusses. In 1927, it was renovated with nine plate-girder spans. In 1963, to provide upstream river navigation, two girder spans and three regular piers were removed to make room for a Warren truss span over the main channel, set on two heavier piers. This work took almost two years.
The bridge was originally built to provide access to Northern Pacific's yards just north of downtown Minneapolis. By the 1980s the yards were mostly gone, but the bridge remains as a link to industries located north of downtown that still require rail service by Northern Pacific successor BNSF.