UP - 1st Avenue Overpass

Photos 

South Elevation

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2009

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BH Photo #142157

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Steel plate girder bridge over 1st Ave on Union Pacific Railroad

Location

Town of New Chester, Adams County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1911

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York (Superstructure)
- Bates & Rogers Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Substructure)

Railroads

- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (MS&NW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Steel stringer

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 38.1 ft.

Also called

CNW - 1st Avenue Overpass

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.78944, -89.59889   (decimal degrees)
43°47'22" N, 89°35'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/290897/4851770 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Oxford

Inventory number

BH 41904 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 11, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: added builder
• March 27, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
• October 24, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Set status to "Open to traffic"
• July 6, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected bridge data

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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