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Cheese Country Trail - Pecatonica River Bridge (Darlington)

Lafayette County, Wisconsin

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in June 2014

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BH Photo #286704

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Description 

Very popular ATV trail

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Pecatonica River on Cheese Country Trail (former CMStP&P Ry)
Location
Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to ATV/Snowmobile
History
Built 1905
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroad
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 168.0 ft.
Also called
Bridge #14
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.68565, -90.12080   (decimal degrees)
42°41'08" N, 90°07'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/735879/4729927 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Darlington
Inventory number
BH 61549 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1905 (822)
Built during 1900s (7,648)
Cheese Country Trail (4)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,108)
Darlington, Wisconsin (2)
Girder (11,173)
Have street view (28,916)
Lafayette County, Wisconsin (22)
Open to pedestrians (4,584)
Owned by state (16,563)
Pecatonica River (21)
 Plate girder (8,728)
Rail-to-trail (1,656)
Railroad (16,462)
Riveted (2,513)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,655)
Through girder (4,192)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,188)
Wisconsin (1,706)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (174)

Update Log 

  • January 16, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added category "Riveted"
  • July 13, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
  • June 29, 2014: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad", "Rail-to-trail"

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