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Great River State Trail - La Crosse River Bridge (S)

La Crosse County, Wisconsin

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La Crosse River Trail Bridge (S)

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in November 2020

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BH Photo #486048

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Description 

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

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over La Crosse River on Trail
Location
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1909
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 192.0 ft.
Total length: 70.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #654 1/2
C&NW Bridge #901
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.85592, -91.21372   (decimal degrees)
43°51'21" N, 91°12'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/643560/4857421 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
La Crosse
Inventory number
BH 54872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,500)
Built 1909 (769)
Built during 1900s (7,194)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,399)
Girder (10,205)
Great River State Trail (4)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (67)
La Crosse River (5)
La Crosse, Wisconsin (24)
 Open to pedestrians (4,170)
Owned by state (15,943)
Plate girder (7,902)
Rail-to-trail (1,513)
Railroad (15,362)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
Through girder (3,795)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,288)
Wisconsin (1,463)

Update Log 

  • November 17, 2020: New photos from John Marvig
  • December 10, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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