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UP - Rush River Bridge

St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Photos 

UP Rush River Bridge

Looking east

Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2019

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BH Photo #445549

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 Rush River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1894, Widened 1912
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (CMO)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 50.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #387
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.97098, -92.39216   (decimal degrees)
44°58'16" N, 92°23'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/547931/4979906 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84755 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,790)
Built 1894 (256)
Built 1912 (879)
Built during 1890s (3,240)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,452)
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (149)
Deck girder (6,349)
Girder (11,246)
Open (41,023)
 Owned by railroad (13,606)
Plate girder (8,791)
Railroad (16,559)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,487)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin (31)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,656)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,481)
Wisconsin (1,713)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2019: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 23, 2019: Added by John Marvig

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