This innovative concrete slab bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over Lincoln Street in Amherst

Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
3-30' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Lincoln Street

Significance:

This attractive concrete arch bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over Main Street in Amherst

Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

Unknown

for

Wisconsin Central Railway

Design:
3-30' concrete arches

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Main Street

Significance:

This large polygonal Warren through truss bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over the Wisconsin River in Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Frankman Brothers Construction Company of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
1-197', 1-186', 1-180' polygonal Warren through trusses

Description:
Polygonal Warren through truss bridge over Wisconsin River

Significance:

This innovative concrete slab bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over Wilson Street in Amherst

Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
3-25' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Wilson Street

Significance:

This unusual concrete slab bridge carries the former Green Bay & Western Railroad and 2nd Street over the former Soo Line mainline in Amherst Junction

Amherst Junction, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1914

by

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Canadian National Railway

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge once carried the former Soo Line mainline over Smokey Road alongside US Highway 10 east of Custer

Custer, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built c. 1950

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
39' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over Smokey Road

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge carries the former Green Bay & Western Railroad over the Tomorrow River on the north side of Amherst

Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1915

by

Unknown

for

Green Bay & Western Railroad

Design:
20' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Tomorrow River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Green Bay & Western Railroad over County Road KK (former US Highway 10) in Amherst Junction

Amherst Junction, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931 and 1940

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Unknown

for

Green Bay & Western Railroad

Design:
65' deck plate girder and 1-22' and 1-18' steel stringers

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over County Road KK (former US Highway 10)

Significance:

This large concrete arch bridge carries the former Soo Line mainline over the Tomorrow River in Amherst

Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway

Design:
50' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Tomorrow River

Significance: