It's Saint Ann's Bridge or Ann's Bridge or Ann Street Bridge ... maybe.
Yesterday I posted about an old pedestrian bridge in the heart of Minot ND. I thought it made a good photography subject. Then I thought I'd do a little Google research on it and found nothing at all. Today I called the Railroad Museum in Minot to see what they could tell me. What little information they had did lead me to something on the web.
The fellow at the Railroad Museum said it is the Saint Ann's Bridge. It was built by Great Northern RR and they only know that they have pictures dating back to 1920 with the bridge in it but do not know for sure when it was constructed.
Back to Google with the new information, Saint Ann's Bridge. It did take me to Ann's Bridge and Ann Street Bridge. A cool site called Bridgehunter.com had a lot of pictures (some much better then mine) but no info about the date of construction. You can check it out with this link http://bridgehunter.com/nd/ward/anne-pedestrian/ .
My pic's yesterday did not accurately reflect the length of the bridge because you could not see the North end and how it also crosses the river in addition to the BNSF rail yard.
There just seems to be something about both trains and bridges that makes them romantic. Wheather it be kissing your lover atop the middle of a bridge or invisioning soldiers coming home on the train they have the power to tug at our heart strings.
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