This through truss bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad over the Chippewa River at Phoenix Park in Eau Claire

Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Owner: City of Eau Claire

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903 using spans fabricated 1876

by

American Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
1-232' Whipple through truss, 1-148' and 1-146' Pratt through trusses

Description:
Whipple and Pratt through truss bridge over Chippewa River

Significance:

This unique quadrangular lattice through truss swing bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Buffalo Lake (Fox River) south of Packwaukee

Packwaukee, Marquette County, Wisconsin

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1911

by

American Bridge Company of New York, Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Milwaukee, Sparta & North Western Railway

Design:
1-206' quadrangular lattice through truss swing span and 8-60', 2-40' and 8-30' deck plate girders

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss swing bridge over Buffalo Lake (Fox River)

Significance: