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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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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Black River on Railroad
Location
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Original crossing built 1876, bascule span added 2004
Design
Through truss
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 (559)
Canadian Pacific Railway (236)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (281)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (177)
Deck girder (1,795)
Girder (3,228)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (133)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (26)
La Crosse, Wisconsin (6)
Movable (1,355)
 Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,296)
Owned by railroad (4,034)
Plate girder (2,243)
Railroad (4,054)
Through girder (1,131)
Through truss (9,200)
Truss (23,559)
Wisconsin (803)

Update Log 

  • October 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad"
  • July 27, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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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.