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Soo Line - Chippewa River Trestle

Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Photos 

West Face and Railing

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2009

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BH Photo #142786

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Chippewa River on Canadian National Railway (formerly Soo Line Railroad, Wisconsin Central Ltd.) in Chippewa Falls
Location
Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1917 with Concrete arches and 5 Deck Plate Girder main spans, rebuilt 1998 with 5 new DPG main spans.
Railroads
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 115.0 ft.
Total length: 780.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.92916, -91.40163   (decimal degrees)
44°55'45" N, 91°24'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/626131/4976323 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chippewa Falls
Inventory number
BH 43025 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,235)
Built 1917 (641)
Built during 1910s (9,707)
Chippewa County, Wisconsin (33)
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (13)
Chippewa River (Wisconsin) (22)
Deck arch (11,473)
Deck truss (1,759)
Lost (25,225)
Lost 1998 (425)
Lost during 1990s (4,015)
Modern (2,456)
 Owned by railroad (12,588)
Railroad (15,652)
Replaced by new bridge (16,972)
Soo Line Railroad (302)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,412)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,883)
Truss (33,113)
Warren deck truss (610)
Warren truss (6,614)
Wisconsin (1,510)
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (90)

Update Log 

  • April 20, 2021: New photo from Luke
  • June 17, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Railroad"
  • July 17, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning
  • July 16, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • PDM Bridges - A page discussing the rebuilt of the bridge in 1998
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke
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Comments 

CN - Chippewa River Trestle
Posted January 3, 2016, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Yeah, they were a warren deck truss type. Still stumped as to why they would replace such heavy and newer trusses in 1998.

CN - Chippewa River Trestle
Posted January 3, 2016, by Charles Kuehn

If I recall, before the 1998 rebuild, at least the main spans of this structure were of deck truss type.