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Western Gateway Trail - Montreal River Bridge

Iron County, Wisconsin, and Gogebic County, Michigan

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Hurley Trail Bridge (N)

West Approach

Photo taken by John Marvig in December 2016

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BH Photo #374309

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Montreal River on Western Gateway Trail
Location
Hurley, Iron County, Wisconsin, and Gogebic County, Michigan
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1898
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroads
- Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (SOO)
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 180.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.45203, -90.17900   (decimal degrees)
46°27'07" N, 90°10'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/716646/5148139 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ironwood
Inventory number
BH 52305 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,624)
Beam (15,800)
Built 1898 (305)
Built during 1890s (2,996)
Deck girder (5,775)
Girder (10,296)
Gogebic County, Michigan (19)
Have street view (27,060)
Hurley, Wisconsin (4)
Iron County, Wisconsin (6)
Michigan (1,146)
Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (24)
 Open to pedestrians (4,249)
Owned by county (20,846)
Plate girder (7,980)
Rail-to-trail (1,559)
Railroad (15,600)
Soo Line Railroad (302)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
State line crossing (854)
Timber stringer (4,028)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,285)
Wisconsin (1,499)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (153)

Update Log 

  • December 28, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information, Bridge is Now a Trail
  • April 30, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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