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[[Image:Great Northern Herald.png|right|Great Northern Herald]]

The '''Great Northern RailroadRailway''' ([[Association of American Railroads|AAR]] reporting mark: '''GN'''), running from [[St. Paul, Minnesota]] to [[Seattle, Washington]]—more than 1700 miles—was the creation of the [[19th century]] [[railroad]] [[tycoon]] [[James J. Hill]].

It crossed the [[Mississippi River]] on the [[Stone Arch Bridge]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], near the [[Saint Anthony Falls]], the only waterfall on the Mississippi. The bridge ceased to be used as a railroad bridge in 1978.