Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio


Red Cedar State Trail - Chippewa River Bridge

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Red Cedar State Trail - Chippewa River Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #M-502)

This unique through truss bridge uses a number of relocated 1880s components to carry the Red Cedar State Trail over the Chippewa River at Dunnville

Dunnville, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Owner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1908 and 1928 using spans fabricated 1881 and 1886

by

Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio; Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware and Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
234' Whipple through truss, 104' Pratt through truss, 2-84' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Whipple through truss bridge over Chippewa River

Significance:

National