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CN - WI-57 Overpass

Brown County, Wisconsin

Photos 

CN WI-57 Overpass

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in September 2014

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BH Photo #297718

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over WI-57 (Riverside Drive) on Candian National Railway
Location
Brown County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905, Approach Added 1915
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Fox Valley & Western Ltd. (FVW)
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 195.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #U-104 1/2
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.49333, -88.02167   (decimal degrees)
44°29'36" N, 88°01'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/418770/4927176 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
De Pere
Inventory number
BH 63274 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,522)
Beam (15,822)
Brown County, Wisconsin (38)
Built 1905 (802)
Built during 1900s (7,266)
Canadian National Railway (517)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Fox Valley & Western Ltd. (18)
Girder (10,308)
Have street view (27,082)
 Open (39,991)
Owned by railroad (12,511)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,618)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,454)
Steel stringer (6,293)
Through girder (3,844)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,288)
Wisconsin (1,505)
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (90)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NW Bridge Records
  • October 4, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
  • September 30, 2014: New Street View added by John Marvig

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