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UP - 1st Avenue Overpass

Adams County, Wisconsin

Photos 

South Elevation

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2009

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BH Photo #142157

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Steel plate girder bridge over 1st Ave on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Town of New Chester, Adams County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (MS&NW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 38.1 ft.
Also called
CNW - 1st Avenue Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.78944, -89.59889   (decimal degrees)
43°47'22" N, 89°35'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/290897/4851770 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oxford
Inventory number
BH 41904 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adams County, Wisconsin (6)
American Bridge Co. (1,521)
Ballasted Deck (151)
Built 1911 (787)
Built during 1910s (9,669)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Deck girder (5,775)
Girder (10,295)
Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (25)
 Open (39,974)
Owned by railroad (12,493)
Plate girder (7,979)
Railroad (15,599)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,707)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,214)
Town of New Chester, Wisconsin (2)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,375)
Wisconsin (1,499)

Update Log 

  • March 27, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 24, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Set status to "Open to traffic"
  • July 6, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected bridge data

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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