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CN - Yellow River Bridge (Dexterville)

Wood County, Wisconsin

Photos 

CN Yellow River Bridge

Taken by Jim Frazier of Jimfrazier.com

Photo taken by Jim Frazier

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #280063

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Two-span Parker pony truss bridge over Yellow River on Canadian National Railway
Location
Dexterville, Wood County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built Ca. 1902
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Green Bay & Western Railroad (GB&W)
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
Design
Parker pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 165.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.37747, -90.11678   (decimal degrees)
44°22'39" N, 90°07'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/729691/4917842 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Dexter
Inventory number
BH 60345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (646)
Built 1902 (521)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Canadian National Railway (510)
Dexterville, Wisconsin (1)
Green Bay & Western Railroad (15)
Have street view (26,950)
Open (39,886)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Parker pony truss (380)
Parker truss (1,678)
 Pony truss (16,186)
Railroad (15,426)
Riveted (2,167)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,431)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
Truss (32,799)
Wisconsin (1,471)
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (90)
Wisconsin, Wisconsin (53)
Wood County, Wisconsin (14)

Update Log 

  • August 14, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 7, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • December 27, 2015: New photos from Charles Kuehn
  • July 14, 2014: Updated by Matt Lohry: Updated bridge type--this is a Parker pony truss.
  • March 21, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
  • March 21, 2014: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Matt Lohry
  • Charles Kuehn

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