Great Northern Railway Underpass

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Great Northern Railway Underpass
Great Northern Railway Underpass at Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota.jpg
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Location Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks, over ND-8 (2015).svg ND 8, N end of Stanley, Stanley, North Dakota
Coordinates 48°19′11″N102°23′24″W / 48.31972°N 102.39000°W / 48.31972; -102.39000
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
Architectural styleConcrete deck girder bridge, Other
MPS Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
NRHP reference No. 97000182 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1997

The Great Northern Railway Underpass at Stanley, North Dakota is a concrete deck girder bridge that was built in 1937. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

According to its nomination, the bridge "is a heavily-built single-span steel stringer design with a concrete substructure. This design saw common use in the numerous structures built to carry North Dakota roadways under railroad lines, generally beginning in the 1930s." [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mark Hufstetler (December 10, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Great Northern Railway Underpass / 32MN49". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  3. Mark Hufstetler (December 10, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota". National Park Service.