Soo Line High Bridge
Video
Arcola High Bridge As featured in Wisconsin Waters from the Air on PBS. Produced and Directed by Laurie Gorman & Grant Foster. |
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
- March 9, 2023: New video from Mark Boettcher
- March 8, 2023: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- 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
- Geoff Hubbs
- Mark Boettcher
Comments
Well, that convinces me. You're right. We get tons of great info from the anonymous posters.
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/
A school chum and I shared a couple of memorable visits to this magnificent bridge. Thanks for adding to my memories by sharing yours!