Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:	Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge
Crosses:	Mississippi River
Carries:	Canadian Pacific Railway
Locale:	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Design:	Truss bridge middle span is a suspended girder span
Mainspan:	90 feet
Length:	904 feet
Num Track:	1
Below:	28 feet
Traffic:	16.0 trains per day ^[1]
Open:	1905
Maint:	Canadian Pacific Railway
Id:	D1.00
Coordinates:	45.0294°N -93.2813°W

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.^{[2] [3]} 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

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

• Book: Costello , Mary Charlotte . 2002 . Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota . Adventure Publications . Cambridge, MN . 0-9644518-2-4.

Notes and References

1. Grant application . . The Merchants Bridge rehabilitation program . 2017 . Figure 10: Rail Traffic Volumes Overlaid with Seismic Hazard, 2014 .
2. Book: Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army. 1969. U.S. Government Printing Office. 29–.
3. Book: U. S. Coast Guard Light Lists: Volume Five Mississippi River System. 2006. ProStar Publications. 978-1-57785-712-9. 103–. It is at mile 857 of the Upper Mississippi River above the Ohio River at Cairo Illinois.