WSOR/CNW - Mullet River Bridge

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This is an interesting pair of railroad bridges in Plymouth, Wisconsin. They are just south of the Mill Street pair of bridges (one was C&NW and one was Milwaukee Road) that were built on the same abutment. This pair of bridges was also built by the competing railroads, and also built on the same abutments. The abutments for these bridges demonstrates the difference in building philosophies between the two railroads.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2009

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BH Photo #141642

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Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridges over Mullet River on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (Formerly Milwaukee Road) and C&NW in Plymouth

Location

Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1902

Railroads

- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR)

Design

Deck plate girder

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.74667, -87.97959   (decimal degrees)
43°44'48" N, 87°58'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/421128/4844202 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Plymouth South

Inventory number

BH 42819 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• June 20, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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