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<p>Speaking of bridges even though this was not a railroad bridge it was built by a a railroad.  Several years ago I was on James J. Hill's former Farm up in Northcote, MN. Now this was no ordinary farm, as it was 25,000 (a whole township) acres in the rich red river valley back when Hill bought it for his son to support his farming and ranching interests.  I think his son's name was Walter Hill. Well this farm had everything including Dutch dairy farmers brought over to run a proper dairy operation who soon left because they didn't like the extreme cold.  Most of the numerous buildings are gone now, but it even had a large greenhouse.    The grain silos were some of the biggest around at the time, There was even a minature James J. Hill House on the property.  Well when the local farmer who owned part of the property showed us around, we drove over a bridge crossing a small river that had been built by Hill's engineering department from the railroad.  We asked if the bridge was safe to drive over since it was over 100 years old.  His response was that when the county came out and inspected the bridge it received the highest rating of any bridge in the county. The bridges on the GN must have been built well also.</p>
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