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CP - Wisconsin Dells Railroad Bridge (1903)

Columbia County, Wisconsin, and Sauk County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Photo taken by Keith Schmidt

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #243209

Map 

Street View 

Video 

Wisconsin Dells, WI - CP Wisconsin Dells Rail Bridge

Drone Video

Mark Boettcher

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Description 

Builder courtesy of the Hagley Museum & Library, Phoenix Bridge Company records

Facts 

Overview
Pratt deck truss bridge over Wisconsin River;Broadway Street (WI 13/WI 16/WI 23) on Canadian Pacific Railway & Removed highway in Wisconsin Dells
Location
Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, Wisconsin, and Sauk County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903; East Approach added 1956
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (1903 Spans)
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE)
Design
Pratt deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 165.0 ft.
Total length: 470.5 ft.
Also called
Kilbourne Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.62806, -89.77888   (decimal degrees)
43°37'41" N, 89°46'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/275814/4834316 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wisconsin Dells North
Inventory number
BH 34655 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (623)
Built during 1900s (7,632)
Canadian Pacific Railway (581)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,447)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,108)
Columbia County, Wisconsin (35)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (349)
Deck girder (6,303)
Deck truss (1,924)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,893)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (230)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,494)
 Phoenix Bridge Co. (244)
Pin-connected (4,688)
Plate girder (8,724)
Pratt deck truss (403)
Pratt truss (10,292)
Rail-and-Road (397)
Railroad (16,455)
Sauk County, Wisconsin (67)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,416)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,506)
Truss (35,433)
Wisconsin (1,700)
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (3)
Wisconsin River (70)

Update Log 

  • December 2, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added builder
  • November 6, 2021: New video from Mark Boettcher
  • November 4, 2021: New photos from Mark Boettcher
  • April 10, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 16, 2020: New photo from Luke
  • June 18, 2018: New photos from John Bernhisel
  • August 19, 2017: Updated by Dave King: Added approach design
  • March 27, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 17, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added link to a August 6, 1950 Kodachrome slide showing the road deck in place
  • June 14, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed name to historic name
  • December 7, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Rail-and-Road"
  • November 18, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • August 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Moved everything from redundant listing to this one with NBI data.

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Luke
  • rrpix - Richard Horn's Photography - August 6, 1950 Kodachrome slide showing a still-intact road deck
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Mark Boettcher

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