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Clairemont Avenue Railroad Bridge

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
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Clairemont Ave Railroad Bridge

Looking from Clairemont Ave

Photo taken by John Marvig in May 2012

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Description 

This elegant (and OLD!) pratt truss railroad bridge carries the Chippewa River State Trail over the Chippewa River. It runs at an angle from the Clairemont Ave Bridge. It was built 1886, although the approaches have been updated since then.

Facts 

Overview
4 Span Through Pratt Truss Bridge on Chippewa River State Trail
Location
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1886 for Milwaukee Road. Abandoned 1981, turned into a trail ca. 2004
Builder
- Union Bridge Co.
Design
1 Concrete Slab Span
3 Pratt Truss Spans
1 Warren Through Truss
6 Spans Trestle
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 145.0 ft.
Total length: 670.0 ft.
Also called
Chippewa River State Trail Footbridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.79731, -91.52578   (decimal degrees)
44°47'50" N, 91°31'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/616600/4961491 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Eau Claire West
Inventory number
BH 47521 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Beam (6,158)
Built 1886 (111)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (292)
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin (18)
Eau Claire, Wisconsin (12)
Open to pedestrians (1,959)
Owned by state (9,854)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
 Preserved (662)
Rail-to-trail (512)
Railroad (4,223)
Slab (633)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,254)
Timber stringer (1,894)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,820)
Truss (23,615)
Union Bridge Co. (33)
Wisconsin (813)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Railroad"
  • May 17, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Rail-to-trail"
  • May 16, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
  • May 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed category "Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad"
  • January 4, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
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Clairemont Ave Railroad Bridge
Posted May 16, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

If you look closely, you can see that the piers were likley encased. From the top of the bridge you can see the stone...

Chippewa River State Trail Footbridge
Posted May 13, 2012, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

It looks as if the piers were updated as well. From the photo they appear to be concrete which would date it from sometime about or after 1900. Cut stone was the standard in the 1880's.