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Photograph of Caledonia Bridge
Photograph by Andrew Filer ( afiler ), CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Caledonia Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Caledonia Bridge, also known as Goose River Bridge, over the Goose River near Caledonia, North Dakota, was built in 1895. It was designed/built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. and is a Pratt through truss bridge.”

Wikipedia article Caledonia Bridge (Caledonia, North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Traill County · listed in 1997 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Across the Goose River, unnamed co. rd., approximately 1 mi. W of the Minnesota state line, Caledonia, 58219
  • When was it listed? February 1997
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
  • Township. Caledonia township
  • Architect. Wrought Iron Bridge Company
  • National Register reference number. 97000188 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000A home under construction was flattened.
April 2023FloodCaledonia-Halstad - Crest of 34.44 ft occurred on 4/23.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-An apparent strong and persistent gustnado formed on the leading edge of a thunderstorm outflow.
July 2017HailCaledonia-Large hail and strong winds were reported across eastern Caledonia Township.
June 2014HailCaledonia-Penny to quarter size hail fell.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-Houses sustained roof damage and trees were uprooted.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Caledonia-Several tree limbs were broken down and a few shingles were torn off of homes. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Caledonia-A tornado briefly touched down in a farm field.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-Several trees were blown down near the Red River.
August 2020HailCaledonia-no account filed
July 2011Funnel CloudCaledonia-no account filed
September 2001HailCaledonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Traill County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000188 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Traill CountyAll 22 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.