Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge

Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge
Camden Place Rail Bridge as viewed from the east bank of the Mississippi River
Coordinates	45°01′46″N93°16′53″W / 45.029414°N 93.281330°W / 45.029414; -93.281330
Carries	Canadian Pacific Railway
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maintained by	Canadian Pacific Railway
ID number	D1.00
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge; middle span is a suspended girder span
Total length	904 feet
Longest span	90 feet
Clearance below	28 feet
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	1
History
Opened	1905
Statistics
Daily traffic	16.0 trains per day (as of 2014 [update] ) [1]
Location

The eastern approach of the bridge over the Saint Anthony Parkway, Minneapolis, MN

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.

The bridge is named for the neighborhood on the western side of the bridge, Camden. Residents of the neighborhood experience long delays due to the Canadian Pacific trains that pass through the area, leading the City of Minneapolis to apply for a Railroad Crossing Elimination grant in 2024 with the Federal Railroad Administration; this would allow the city to investigate adding grade separation between Humboldt Yards and this bridge. ^[4] This application was granted in 2025, allowing planning to continue. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

• Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. p. 110. ISBN   0-9644518-2-4.

1. Missouri Department of Transportation (2017). The Merchants Bridge rehabilitation program (PDF) (Grant application). Figure 10: Rail Traffic Volumes Overlaid with Seismic Hazard, 2014.
2. Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1969. pp. 29–.
3. U. S. Coast Guard Light Lists: Volume Five Mississippi River System. ProStar Publications. 2006. pp. 103–. ISBN   978-1-57785-712-9. It is at mile 857 of the Upper Mississippi River above the Ohio River at Cairo Illinois.
4. Staff (2024-09-01). "Connecting Camden! – Camden Community News" . Retrieved 2025-04-12.
5. "INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $1.1 Billion in New Rail Grants to Reduce Train-Vehicle Collisions and Blocked Railroad Crossings" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: Federal Railroad Administration. January 10, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
6. "Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program FY 2023-2024 SELECTIONS: Project Summaries" (PDF). FY23-24 RCE Project Selections. Federal Railroad Administration. 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-04-12.