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C&NW - Fivemile Creek Bridge

Clark County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Photo taken by Charles Kuehn, May 2001

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BH Photo #344372

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned double Pratt pony truss bridge over Fivemile Creek on Abandoned Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Location
Clark County, Wisconsin
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1893
Railroad
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design
Double Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 80.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.51559, -90.71277   (decimal degrees)
44°30'56" N, 90°42'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/681782/4931685 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Columbia
Inventory number
BH 62297 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,447)
7-panel truss (354)
Abandoned (3,192)
Built 1893 (192)
Built during 1890s (2,588)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,224)
Clark County, Wisconsin (16)
Double-trussed (11)
Have street view (24,039)
 Pin-connected (3,552)
Pony truss (15,229)
Pratt pony truss (3,238)
Pratt truss (8,206)
Railroad (13,848)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,984)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,148)
Truss (29,962)
Wisconsin (1,290)

Update Log 

  • August 14, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • December 28, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
  • December 27, 2015: New photo from Charles Kuehn
  • December 23, 2015: New photos from Charles Kuehn
  • August 5, 2014: New Street View added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Charles Kuehn
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C&NW - Fivemile Creek Bridge
Posted January 3, 2016, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I've seen both names used. Feel free to change the name/feature crossed.

-John

C&NW - Fivemile Creek Bridge
Posted January 3, 2016, by Charles Kuehn (ckuehncnwhs [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Pretty sure the name of the waterway here is "Wedge's Creek."