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Soo Line Swing Bridge (Milwaukee Road)

Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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ex-Soo Line Trestle

The swing span is now removed, but a short section of the south approach remains as a finger pier. The Jackson Street bridge is in the background.

Photo taken by Robert Thompson in December 2009

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss swing bridge over the Fox River in Oshkosh
Location
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Status
Removed
Future prospects
Approach plate girder spans have been preserved as a fishing pier.
Design
This was a swing bridge crossing the navigable Fox River in Oshkosh WI. The swing span was a symmetrical through truss on a center pier. After the rail route was abandoned and removed, the bridge sat idle for years. The swing span was removed a few years ago; the approach spans on the south have been retained as a fishing pier.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.01680, -88.54943   (decimal degrees)
44°01'00" N, 88°32'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/375810/4874905 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
747 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Oshkosh
Inventory number
BH 43695 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Fox River (to Green Bay, WI) (36)
Lost (10,361)
Movable (1,355)
Preserved (652)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,568)
Winnebago County, Wisconsin (18)
Wisconsin (804)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2009: Updated by Robert Thompson: Corrected rail line (Soo Line vs. Milwaukee Road). Thanks to Randall Vos for the information.
  • December 2, 2009: Updated by Robert Thompson: minor edits

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CMSP&P Railroad Swing Bridge (Milwaukee Road)
Posted December 15, 2009, by Randall Vos (r_vos1979 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

That bridge is actually ex-Soo Line, nee Wisconsin Central, it was abandoned in 1993 after the new Wisconsin Central re-routed all the traffic to the ex-CNW bridge. Milwaukee Road never crossed the Fox River with a bridge of their own.