Lush Street Swing Bridge
Photos
West Elevation
This is the view of the navigation channel from the Friendship Recreational Trail that crosses the Fox Cities Trestle.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in April 2009
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River Navigation Channel on Canadian National Railway in Menasha
- Location
- Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built by the C&NW ca. 1900; Acquired by Canadian National Railway
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.20000, -88.45773 (decimal degrees)
44°12'00" N, 88°27'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/383520/4895119 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Neenah
- Inventory number
- BH 42728 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 30, 2011: New photos from Robert Thompson
- November 22, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Railroad Data
- June 30, 2009: New photo from J.R. Manning
- June 6, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Robert Thompson
Comments
Fascinating stuff J.R.
The former Indiana Central University (I believe it is now the University of Indianapolis) used to offer a course called Ferroquinology. I believe it was the study of railroad history and model railroading.
A model railroad club has used this congested industrial area of Menasha, Wisconsin, as a prototype for a model railroad layout. They have a working model of this swing bridge, and they also have the Tayco Street Bascule Bridge represented as a part of the model. (There are also photos of the Tayco Street Bridge model are that page.)
I received the kind permission of Mr. Bill Wilder, who took the photos, to reproduce his photos of the model railroad on the Bridge Hunter website.
Be sure to check out the photos of this enchanting model and, as you're looking at these photos, remember that this layout is in Great Britain!
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wi/winnebago/lush-street-swing/