Rating:
53764
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2 votes
UP - Hudson Swing Bridge
Photos
Hudson Swing Bridge
Overview
Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2014
Enlarge
BH Photo #280468
Description
Replaced the rickety 1881 swing bridge, which had a large quadruple intersection lattice through truss swing span with another quadrangular through truss approach and 10 pony through trusses. The 1872 bridge was 3,100' long with a 319' through truss swing span and a 136' Howe Through Truss span, with the remainder being trestle.
This bridge is strengthened and electrified in 1963
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over St. Croix River on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Lakeland, Washington County, Minnesota, and St. Croix County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Opened 1913, replacing 1881 and 1872 bridges
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (CMO)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 314.0 ft.
Total length: 568.0 ft.
- Also called
- UP - St. Croix River Bridge
Union Pacific Swing Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.97999, -92.77018 (decimal degrees)
44°58'48" N, 92°46'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/518119/4980753 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hudson
- Inventory number
- BH 53764 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 24, 2020: New photos from Mark Boettcher
- July 19, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- July 18, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- October 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- February 26, 2015: New photo from John Marvig
- March 26, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
- November 4, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added historical information
- October 3, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- October 3, 2012: Added by John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Mark Boettcher