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La Crosse River State Trail - Bangor Gun Club Bridge

La Crosse County, Wisconsin

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in October 2012

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BH Photo #241257

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Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Bangor Rod & Gun Club entrance on La Crosse River State Trail (former C&NW RR)
Location
Bangor, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1899
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Rail-to-trail
Design
Deck plate girder with very nice stone abutments
Dimensions
Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Also called
CNW - Dutch Creek Overflow Bridge
C&NW Bridge #617
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.88975, -90.99322   (decimal degrees)
43°53'23" N, 90°59'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/661191/4861584 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bangor
Inventory number
BH 53871 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,332)
Bangor, Wisconsin (4)
Built 1899 (393)
Built during 1890s (2,923)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,375)
Deck girder (5,632)
Girder (9,949)
Have street view (26,369)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (40)
 La Crosse River State Trail (4)
Open to pedestrians (4,052)
Owned by state (15,699)
Plate girder (7,706)
Rail-to-trail (1,472)
Railroad (15,185)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,396)
Total length 25-50 feet (10,981)
Wisconsin (1,426)

Update Log 

  • July 30, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • November 24, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 10, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • October 9, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Chicago & North Western Railway"

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