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CNW - Wisconsin Rapids Bridge

Wood County, Wisconsin

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Photo taken by Michael Schaffner

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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BH Photo #268142

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wisconsin River on CNW (Abandoned)
Location
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
Status
Removed
History
Built 1901; Demolished 1979
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.38361, -89.83523   (decimal degrees)
44°23'01" N, 89°50'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/274155/4918391 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wisconsin Rapids North
Inventory number
BH 58328 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,358)
Built 1901 (509)
Built during 1900s (6,752)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,301)
Deck girder (5,019)
Girder (9,083)
Lost (22,118)
Lost 1979 (54)
Lost during 1970s (586)
Owned by railroad (11,051)
Plate girder (6,907)
 Pratt through truss (4,953)
Pratt truss (8,675)
Railroad (14,303)
Through truss (13,958)
Truss (31,122)
Wisconsin (1,377)
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (1)
Wisconsin River (42)
Wisconsin, Wisconsin (55)
Wood County, Wisconsin (12)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • October 8, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
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Original Wisconsin Rapids Bridge
Posted August 2, 2019, by Yosef Sa'ar (elat42 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looking for an image of the original 1867 wooden bridge.

Toll tokens are known with the legend WOOD CO. BRIDGE CO.

CNW - Wisconsin Rapids Bridge
Posted May 20, 2017, by Joe kryshak (shaklaw [at] netzero [dot] net)

I grew up a block from the west end of this bridge. Made many a trek out to the island. The trains stopped running in 1973 when the tracks washed out east of Kellner. Good memories.