Railroad Bridges in Wisconsin


Wisconsin is a state located in the upper Midwest. Numerous railroads throughout the state serve a diverse variety of industries.

Note: This site is currently under construction, and not all bridge pages are complete. Additional bridges are included on the old site.


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400 State Trail - Baraboo River Bridge #2

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400 State Trail - Baraboo River Bridge #2

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #478)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the 400 State Trail (former Chicago & North Western Railway) over the Baraboo River along Wisconsin Highway 80 south of Elroy

Elroy, Juneau County, Wisconsin

Owner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
75' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Baraboo River

Significance:

Local

400 State Trail - Baraboo River Bridge #3

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400 State Trail - Baraboo River Bridge #3

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #475)

This through plate girder bridge carries the 400 State Trail (former Chicago & North Western Railway) over the Baraboo River along Wisconsin Highway 80 north of Union Center

Union Center, Juneau County, Wisconsin

Owner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
75' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Baraboo River

Significance:

Local

Amherst Junction Railroad Crossing

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Amherst Junction Railroad Crossing

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:

Local

Barker-Stewart Island Railroad Bridge (North)

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Barker-Stewart Island Railroad Bridge (North)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #D-37D)

This unique through truss bridge carries a former spur of the Chicago & North Western Railway over the west channel of the Wisconsin River at Barker-Stewart Island in Wausau

Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Owner: Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built 1911 and 1913 using spans fabricated c. 1882, 1888 and 1913

by

Unknown, Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-160', 1-110' quadrangular lattice through truss and 110' through plate girder

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Wisconsin River

Significance:

High

Barker-Stewart Island Railroad Bridge (South)

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Barker-Stewart Island Railroad Bridge (South)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #D-37C)

This double intersection Warren pony truss bridge carries a former spur of the Chicago & North Western Railway over a channel of the Wisconsin River at Barker-Stewart Island in Wausau

Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Owner: Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built 1914 using a span fabricated c. 1885

by

Alden and Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Wausau Iron Works of Wausau, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
72' double intersection Warren pony truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Double intersection Warren pony truss bridge over channel of Wisconsin River

Significance:

Regional