Spooner once was the junction point of two mainlines of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road). Today, both lines have been abandoned, and one has been reused as the Wild Rivers Trail.
Wild Rivers State Trail - Yellow River Bridge
Wild Rivers State Trail - Yellow River Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #212)
This deck plate girder bridge carries the Wild Rivers State Trail over the Yellow River in Spooner and once contained a parallel deck truss span
Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin
Owner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built 1920
by
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin
for
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Design:
100' deck plate girder
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Yellow River
Significance:
