MILW - Portage Canal Bridge (Old)

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BH Photo #402578

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Portage Canal on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Old Portage Line

Location

Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Status

No longer exists

History

Removed 1907

Builder

- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

Railroad

- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)

Design

Deck plate girder swing

Also called

Old Line Railroad bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.54512, -89.44518   (decimal degrees)
43°32'42" N, 89°26'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/302465/4824257 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Portage

Inventory number

BH 78426 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 17, 2018: Updated by Luke: Corrected info; Noted builder
• September 21, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• September 14, 2017: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• BNSF - Portage Canal Lift Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• Luke

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