Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin


CPKC Cottonwood River Bridge (New Ulm)

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CPKC Cottonwood River Bridge (New Ulm)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #M-1703)

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Cottonwood River and was fabricated by a relatively obscure builder

New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1913

by

Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-157', 1-148' quadrangular lattice through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Cottonwood River

Significance:

Regional