Shawano had two railroads, including a Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) secondary line and a Soo Line secondary line. Today, the former C&NW has been largely abandoned and reused as a trail, while the former Soo Line is owned by the Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System.
Mountain-Bay State Trail - Wolf River Bridge
Mountain-Bay State Trail - Wolf River Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #C-25)
This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Wolf River in Shawano
Shawano, Shawano County, Wisconsin
Owner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built 1938 using spans fabricated 1897 and 1907
by
American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and American Bridge Company of New York
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
3-80', 1-38' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wolf River
Significance:
