Eau Claire once had a number of railroads, including a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline, an Omaha Road branch line, a Wisconsin Central Railway (WC) branch line and a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) branch line. Today, the Union Pacific Railroad operates the former Omaha Road lines, while the WC and Milwaukee Road lines have both been reused as trails.
Northwestern High Bridge
Northwestern High Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #273 S)
This large lattice deck truss bridge is one of the most significant railroad bridges in the United States
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Owner: City of Eau Claire
Status: Open to trail traffic
Built 1880 and 1898
by
Leighton Bridge and Iron Works of Rochester, New York and Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago
for
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Design:
4-180' quintuple intersection lattice deck truss
Description:
Lattice deck truss bridge over Chippewa River
Significance:
