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WSOR - Baraboo River Bridge #3

Sauk County, Wisconsin

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WSOR Baraboo River Bridge #3

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in January 2017

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BH Photo #380088

Map 

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 Baraboo River on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad
Location
Sauk County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 165.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #400
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.49193, -89.92771   (decimal degrees)
43°29'31" N, 89°55'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/263274/4819609 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rock Springs
Inventory number
BH 60388 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,032)
Baraboo River (28)
Beam (17,106)
Built 1899 (434)
Built during 1890s (3,278)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,453)
Deck girder (6,398)
Girder (11,344)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (243)
Open (41,201)
 Owned by state (16,637)
Plate girder (8,875)
Railroad (16,665)
Sauk County, Wisconsin (68)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,547)
Timber stringer (4,390)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,337)
Wisconsin (1,722)
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (99)

Update Log 

  • February 24, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • April 4, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Bridge is now state owned
  • March 23, 2014: Added by John Marvig

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