Soo Line High Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Steel arch bridge over St. Croix River on Canadian National Railroad
- Location
- Somerset, Washington County, Minnesota, and St. Croix County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1910-11 by Wisconsin Central RR replacing a bridge downstream.
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Claude Allen Porter Turner of Lincoln, Rhode Island (Engineer)
- Kelly-Atkinson Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (SOO)
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
- Wisconsin Central Railway (1897-1954) (WC)
- Design
- Deck Plate Girder approaches with 5 large main spans
- Dimensions
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Total length: 2,682.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1977
- Also called
- Arcola High Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.12321, -92.74494 (decimal degrees)
45°07'24" N, 92°44'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/520059/4996669 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Somerset South
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 77000056 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 52803 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 11, 2018: New photos from Luke
- December 28, 2015: New photos from Charles Kuehn
- October 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- April 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- November 5, 2014: New photo from Luke
- October 27, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "tall bridges", "Canadian National Railway"
- August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Railroad"
- July 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "St. Croix River"
- July 2, 2012: Added by John Marvig
Related Bridges
- WC - St. Croix River High Bridge (Predecessor)
Sources
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Charles Kuehn
Comments
Yeah...I was thinkin' that "Crapped down my leg" would be more appropriate.
Can't help but laugh thinking what a sight that would be if a train crossed while that dude was on it in the buff!
Just curious...how did you crap your pants if you were naked? :)
I crapped my pants while walking over this bridge... in the dark... during a thunderstorm... while naked! I did it on a dare. Go figure!
The view above that I used was found by following a nature trail to the riverbank. This area offers great views. I think it would be really cool to take a boat to the island in the middle of the river...
Beautiful structure!
Yeah, in 2008, a person was walking across when they stepped on a rotten plank and fell
The cameras that were once guarding both ends are now gone...
This is such a majestic structure. When you're on the St. Croix, you come around a bend & see this huge thing in the distance. When you get closer, you just can't believe there's something that big over a relatively small river! It's kind of a shame that it isn't more accessible, but then, we did have someone fall off of it a few years ago.
It appears the old page for this bridge was deleted, so I made another. If the old one still exists, please delete this one
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mn/washington/soo-line-high/
Well, that convinces me. You're right. We get tons of great info from the anonymous posters.