Fairview Lift Bridge, Railway bridge in McKenzie County, United States

Fairview Lift Bridge is a railway crossing over the Yellowstone River in North Dakota featuring a central section that can be raised. The structure combines multiple steel-truss spans designed to handle both train loads and tall river traffic.

The Fairview Lift Bridge was built in 1913 by Gerrick & Gerrick of Steele, North Dakota, for the Montana Eastern Railway to cross the Yellowstone River. It is one of two nearly identical bridges that company built within ten miles of each other over different rivers in different states, its near twin being the Snowden Bridge over the Missouri in Montana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The bridge is rumored to hold the body of J.C. Collins, a lynched railworker and criminal, inside one of its concrete abutments. About 300 feet east along the rail line stands the timber-lined Cartwright tunnel, described as the only completed railroad tunnel in North Dakota.

The bridge stands in McKenzie County a few hundred feet south of the 1955 truss bridge carrying North Dakota State Highway 200, and about 300 feet east along the rail line lies the timber-lined Cartwright tunnel. The rail line itself has not been used since the mid-1980s, so check current conditions before walking the deck.

About 300 feet east of the bridge along the old rail line stands the Cartwright Tunnel, described as the only completed railroad tunnel in North Dakota. The bridge is also one of two nearly identical spans the Montana Eastern Railway built within ten miles of each other, its twin being the Snowden Bridge over the Missouri River in Montana.