Somers once had a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline and a Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) mainline. Today, the former Milwaukee Road is owned by CPKC, while the former C&NW is owned by Union Pacific Railroad.

UP Pike Creek Bridge (Somers)

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UP Pike Creek Bridge (Somers)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #343)

This small deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway freight line over Pike Creek near 18th Street south of Somers

Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Pike Creek

Significance:

Local