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UP - Wisconsin River Bridge (Dellwood)

Juneau County, Wisconsin, and Adams County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Looking West

Photo taken by Charles Kuehn, May 2003

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BH Photo #344375

Map 

Description 

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

Facts 

Overview
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Wisconsin River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Juneau County, Wisconsin, and Adams County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Builder
- Bates & Rogers Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Substructure)
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (MS&NW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
4 Quadrangular lattice through truss Spans with Deck Girder approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 1,080.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.98735, -89.96466   (decimal degrees)
43°59'14" N, 89°57'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/262256/4874741 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dellwood
Inventory number
BH 60346 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adams County, Wisconsin (6)
Bates & Rogers Construction Co. (41)
Built 1911 (826)
Built during 1910s (10,018)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,451)
Deck girder (6,338)
Girder (11,228)
Juneau County, Wisconsin (21)
Lattice through truss (679)
Lattice truss (712)
M-frame portal (88)
Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (24)
Open (41,012)
 Owned by railroad (13,567)
Plate girder (8,776)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (192)
Railroad (16,520)
Riveted (2,568)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,454)
Through truss (17,226)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,005)
Truss (35,981)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,480)
Wisconsin (1,713)
Wisconsin River (74)

Update Log 

  • June 11, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: added builder
  • January 16, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 1, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 23, 2015: New photos from Charles Kuehn
  • March 21, 2014: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Charles Kuehn
  • Geoff Hubbs

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