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Rail Bridge Trail - Paper Jack Creek Bridge

St. Croix County, Wisconsin

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Paper Jack Creek Trail Bridge

Looking north

Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2019

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BH Photo #445537

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Description 

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

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Paper Jack Creek on Rail Bridge Trail
Location
New Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1915
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (CMO)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #13
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.11314, -92.54052   (decimal degrees)
45°06'47" N, 92°32'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/536143/4995621 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84760 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1915 (1,264)
Built during 1910s (10,018)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,451)
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (149)
Deck girder (6,338)
Girder (11,228)
New Richmond, Wisconsin (2)
Open to pedestrians (4,599)
 Owned by city (6,113)
Plate girder (8,776)
Rail-to-trail (1,660)
Railroad (16,520)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,277)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin (31)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,561)
Wisconsin (1,713)

Update Log 

  • June 10, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
  • March 28, 2019: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 24, 2019: Added by John Marvig

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