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CNW - De Pere Swing Bridge
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De Pere Swing Bridge
Overview of main spans
Photo Contributed by C&NWHS via John Marvig
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BH Photo #312750
Description
Bridge consisted of (from west to east/north):
24' Deck Girder
1-120' Pratt Through Truss
6-72' Howe Pony Truss (1892)
5 Span Deck Girder (1892)
2-67', 1-81' Howe Pony Truss (1892)
2-122', 1-96' Quadrangular Through Truss (1902-From Linn County IA)
1-173' Swing Bridge (1904)
1-72' Pony Through Truss (1892)
64' Deck Girder
an additional spur, coming into the bridge at the west-most deck girder
13 Span Pile Bridge (1905)
6-72' Howe Pony Truss (1892)
2-38' Deck Girder
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren through truss bridge over Fox River on Former Chicago & Northwestern Railway
- Location
- De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Pony Trusses Built 1892, Through Trusses Brought in 1902, Swing Span Built 1904
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroad
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Design
- Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 173.0 ft.
Total length: 1,596.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.44937, -88.06502 (decimal degrees)
44°26'58" N, 88°03'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/415260/4922337 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- De Pere
- Inventory number
- BH 65378 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 27, 2016: New photos from Robert Thompson
- January 9, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 7, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Railroad"
Love to see that there are some remains! Thanks Robert!