Crosses Mississippi River Maintained by Union Pacific Railroad Design Swing bridge Total length 389 m Location Saint Paul Body of water Mississippi River | Locale St. Paul, Minnesota ID number K-526.82A Opened 1910 Width 5.5 m Bridge type Swing bridge | |
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Carries One track of the Union Pacific Railroad Similar Omaha Road Bridge N, Swing bridge, Lake Superior and Missi, Osceola and St Croix Vall, Lexington Bridge | ||
St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Mississippi River between South Saint Paul, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota in the United States. 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.
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.