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GBW - Wisconsin River Bridge

Wood County, Wisconsin

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GBW - Wisconsin River Bridge

Photo taken by railfan44

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Wisconsin River on Green Bay & Western RR
Location
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
1898
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroad
- Green Bay & Western Railroad (GB&W)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.40154, -89.82090   (decimal degrees)
44°24'06" N, 89°49'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/275365/4920342 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 92300 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,374)
Built 1898 (329)
Built during 1890s (3,193)
Green Bay & Western Railroad (16)
Lost (28,464)
Lost 1991 (329)
Lost during 1990s (4,143)
Owned by railroad (13,498)
Pin-connected (4,694)
Pratt through truss (6,055)
 Pratt truss (10,295)
Railroad (16,456)
Replaced by new bridge (19,357)
Through truss (16,775)
Truss (35,451)
Wisconsin (1,701)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (174)
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (5)
Wisconsin River (70)
Wood County, Wisconsin (20)

Update Log 

  • November 21, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • March 3, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

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