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Main Street Bridge

Chippewa County, Wisconsin
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This right-of-way is a very busy stretch of track. It splits just to the west of this location with the main line crossing the Chippewa River. A branch line that runs from the split, south to Eau Claire, and is a candidate for Rails-to-trail.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2009

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Main Street on Canadian National Railway (formerly Soo Line Railroad) in Chippewa Falls
Location
Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1917
Design
Pony/through plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.0 ft.
Total length: 71.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.92861, -91.39284   (decimal degrees)
44°55'43" N, 91°23'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/626826/4976276 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Chippewa Falls
Inventory number
BH 42997 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
7,940

Categories 

Built 1917 (395)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Chippewa County, Wisconsin (23)
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (10)
Girder (3,230)
Open (28,301)
Owned by railroad (4,036)
 Plate girder (2,245)
Railroad (4,063)
Soo Line Railroad (127)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Through girder (1,132)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,894)
Wisconsin (804)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Railroad"
  • July 11, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

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