Niagara once had both a Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) branch line and a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline. Today, the C&NW had been abandoned, while the Milwaukee Road is operated as part of the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad (E&LS).
ELS Menominee River Bridge
ELS Menominee River Bridge
(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #U-464)
This unusual three-hinged deck arch bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline across the Menominee River at Kingsford
Kingsford, Dickinson County, Michigan to Niagara, Marinette County, Wisconsin
Owner: Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1902
by
Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
207' three-hinged deck arch and 4-39' deck plate girders
Description:
Three-hinged deck arch bridge over Menominee River
Significance:
