Built 1913 NRHP Reference # 97000239 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 14 March 1997 | Built by Gerrick & Gerrick Opened 1913 Bridge type Vertical-lift bridge Nearest city Cartwright | |
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Architectural style Railroad lift bridge, Other MPS Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS Similar Snowden Bridge, Missouri‑Yellowstone Confluence Interpretiv, Fort Buford, Fort Abercrombie, Four Bears Bridge | ||
Fairview lift bridge and cartwright tunnel
The Fairview Lift Bridge, also known as Great Northern Railway Bridge 3.2, was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It was built by Gerrick & Gerrick of Steele, North Dakota.
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The railway has not been used since the mid-1980s. In 1996 the bridge was owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company.
It is located a few hundred feet south of a 1955-built truss bridge of North Dakota State Highway 200. About 300 feet east of the lift bridge along the rail line is the timber-lined Cartwright tunnel, which is "the only completed railroad tunnel" in the state.
Fairview lift bridge aerial
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