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La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Houston County, Minnesota, and La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Photo taken by Doug Connell

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Canadian Pacific RR (formerly Milwaukee Road RR)
Location
Houston County, Minnesota, and La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1876
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 1,042.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.83272, -91.28179   (decimal degrees)
43°49'58" N, 91°16'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/638143/4854728 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
La Crescent
Inventory number
BH 52350 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1876 (64)
Built during 1870s (545)
Canadian Pacific Railway (237)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (178)
Houston County, Minnesota (16)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (133)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (26)
Minnesota (917)
Mississippi River (155)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 Open (28,314)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Railroad (4,075)
State line crossing (514)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)
Truss (23,574)
Wisconsin (804)

Update Log 

  • July 27, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • May 3, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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