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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Bridge

Vilas County, Wisconsin
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View To North Northeast. Subject Bridge And Its Setting

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Eagle River on Snowmobile Trail in Eagle River
Location
Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrian (Summer) and snowmobile traffic
History
Built 1902; Converted to snowmobile trail 1980
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 337.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.91660, -89.25370   (decimal degrees)
45°54'60" N, 89°15'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/325230/5087250 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Eagle River West
Inventory number
BH 37011 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adaptive reuse (3)
American Bridge Co. (463)
Built 1902 (247)
Built during 1900s (4,266)
Chicago & North Western Railway (492)
Deck girder (1,830)
Eagle River, Wisconsin (1)
Girder (3,286)
Open (28,452)
 Open to Snowmobiles (7)
Owned by city (3,088)
Plate girder (2,284)
Rail-to-trail (512)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,011)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,381)
Vilas County, Wisconsin (2)
Wisconsin (813)

Update Log 

  • December 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Open to Snowmobiles"
  • November 22, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Railroad Data
  • August 1, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added categories
  • July 31, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • HAER WI-106 - Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Eagle River, Eagle River, Vilas County, WI

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