Short Line Bridge
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The Short Line Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was originally built in the 1880s and upgraded a few years later by Chicago, Milwa
Short Line bridge in 2017
Top of the deck, 2005
View of Downtown from the top of the deck in Autumn 2005
Minnesota State Highway 55
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Minnesota State Highway 55 is a state highway that runs 221 miles across the central part of state taking a diagonal route from its western most at the North Dakota state line near Tenney to its easte
Short Line Bridge
…Through trains continued to cross the bridge until the former Milwaukee Road was severed at Lake Street as part of the reconstruction of Hiawatha Avenue (Minnesota State Highway 55). The bridge is still used today by the Minnesota Commercial Railway to service grain elevators along Hiawatha Avenue. There has been some discussion…
Olson Memorial Highway statue
The Mendota Bridge between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights carries MN 55 over the Minnesota River