This unique quadrangular lattice through truss carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway over the Chippewa River in Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1892 and rebuilt 1994 using spans fabricated 1916

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Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design: 2-160', 2-100' quadrangular lattice through truss, 3-100' deck plate girder, steel stringer and concrete modular girder

Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Chippewa River

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This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over County Road T in a rural area between Howard and Albertville

Albertville, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1950

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design: 39' steel stringer and timber pile bridge

Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over County Road T

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This through plate girder bridge carries the former Soo Line across Lake Wissota (Paint Creek) alongside County Road X east of Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1916

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design: 1-80' and 2-50' through plate girders

Through plate girder bridge over Lake Wissota (Paint Creek)

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This through plate girder bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over Main Street in Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design: 45' through plate girder and 2-12' concrete slab

Through plate girder bridge over Main Street

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This through plate girder bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over River Street (former Wisconsin Highway 29) in Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1952

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Unknown and L.G. Arnold Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design: 80' through plate girder and 18' concrete slab

Through plate girder bridge over River Street (former Wisconsin Highway 29)

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