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CP Black River Bridge

La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Photo taken by Doug Connell

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Black River on Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1901, Bascule added 2004
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 187.0 ft.
Total length: 890.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.83245, -91.25870   (decimal degrees)
43°49'57" N, 91°15'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/640000/4854737 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
La Crescent
Inventory number
BH 53004 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (614)
Black River (Wisconsin) (2)
Built 1901 (303)
Built during 1900s (4,424)
Canadian Pacific Railway (288)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (376)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (201)
Deck girder (2,166)
Girder (3,942)
Have street view (12,864)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (148)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (27)
La Crosse, Wisconsin (7)
Movable (1,460)
 Navigable waterway (1,549)
Open (29,402)
Owned by railroad (4,901)
Plate girder (2,826)
Railroad (5,591)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,522)
Through girder (1,424)
Through truss (9,585)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,884)
Truss (24,150)
Warren through truss (1,003)
Warren truss (4,168)
Wisconsin (835)

Update Log 

  • November 24, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 23, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • June 24, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • October 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad"
  • July 27, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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CP Black River Bridge
Posted July 20, 2013, by Douglas Butler (drawbridges [at] lycos [dot] com)

A picure showing a bridge in the closed position

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.

CP Black River Bridge
Posted July 19, 2013, by Douglas Butler (drawbridges [at] lycos [dot] com)

CP railroad bridge in Wisconsin.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.

CP Black River Bridge
Posted July 27, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Yeah I guess you are right. Here is a page on the bridge.

http://www.johnweeks.com/river_mississippi/pagesA/umissAR07.html

CP Black River Bridge
Posted July 27, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

The bascule span was added in 2004

CP Black River Bridge
Posted July 27, 2012, by John Marvig (Johnnarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

It's actually a bascule lift span. I believe it was added 2002 to replace an old swing span.