St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge | |
|---|---|
 The St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge in open position | |
| Coordinates | 44°55′07″N 93°03′03″W / 44.91861°N 93.05083°W |
| Carries | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Maintained by | Union Pacific Railroad |
| ID number | K-526.82A |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Swing bridge |
| Total length | 1275 feet |
| Width | 18 feet |
| Longest span | 401 feet |
| Clearance below | 20 feet |
| Rail characteristics | |
| No. of tracks | 1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 15.2 trains per day (as of 2014[update])[1] |
| Location | |
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St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge, also known as the Hoffman Swing Bridge,[2] 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.
- ^ Missouri Department of Transportation (2017). The Merchants Bridge rehabilitation program (PDF) (Grant application). Figure 10: Rail Traffic Volumes Overlaid with Seismic Hazard, 2014.
- ^ Malloy, Theresa (August 8, 2018). "Train Derailment Causes Fuel Leakage into Mississippi River". KSTP-TV. Retrieved August 8, 2018.