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Kilbourn Bridge (1877)

Columbia County, Wisconsin, and Sauk County, Wisconsin

Photos 

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple deck truss bridge over Wisconsin River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Location
Wisconsin, Columbia County, Wisconsin, and Sauk County, Wisconsin
Status
Destroyed by Tornado
History
Built 1877, Replaced 1903
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Whipple deck truss
Also called
MILW Bridge #C-250
MILW - Wisconsin Dells Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.62912, -89.77916   (decimal degrees)
43°37'45" N, 89°46'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/275795/4834434 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wisconsin Dells North
Inventory number
BH 58950 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,802)
Beam (17,489)
Built 1877 (135)
Built during 1870s (1,528)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,500)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,141)
Columbia County, Wisconsin (38)
Deck truss (2,082)
Destroyed by storm (100)
Destroyed by tornado (15)
Lost (32,321)
Lost 1903 (64)
Lost during 1900s (524)
One-lane traffic (8,138)
Owned by railroad (14,332)
 Pin-connected (5,511)
Pratt deck truss (437)
Pratt truss (10,915)
Rail-and-Road (403)
Railroad (17,179)
Sauk County, Wisconsin (69)
Truss (38,718)
Whipple deck truss (33)
Whipple truss (503)
Wisconsin (1,809)
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (3)
Wisconsin River (76)
Wisconsin, Wisconsin (53)
Wooden deck (6,278)

Update Log 

  • May 26, 2022: New photos from Paul Plassman
  • March 25, 2016: Updated by Luke: Updated cause of destruction
  • December 7, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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