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C&NW - Diamond Creek High Trestle

Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Photo taken by Charles Kuehn, August 2000

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BH Photo #344381

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Diampnd Creek on Local Trail (Former C&NW Railway)
Location
Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1889
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (CMO)
Design
3 Double-intersection Warren deck trusses supported on steel towers (with Deck Girders between), deck girders on towers approaching one end and wooden trestle on the other
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 595.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.37151, -91.11413   (decimal degrees)
46°22'17" N, 91°06'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/645046/5137054 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Grand View
Inventory number
BH 62296 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,631)
Bayfield County, Wisconsin (13)
Beam (15,810)
Built 1889 (240)
Built during 1880s (2,011)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (142)
Deck girder (5,778)
Deck truss (1,746)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (88)
Double-intersection Warren truss (458)
Girder (10,301)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (220)
 Open to pedestrians (4,253)
Owned by county (20,859)
Plate girder (7,985)
Rail-to-trail (1,561)
Railroad (15,607)
Riveted (2,183)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,454)
Tall Bridges (324)
Timber stringer (4,029)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,878)
Truss (32,984)
Wisconsin (1,500)

Update Log 

  • December 27, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • December 23, 2015: New photos from Charles Kuehn
  • August 5, 2014: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

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

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