Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, Merrimac, Sauk County, WI
Summary
Significance: The Goette River Bridge is Wisconsin's earliest known example of a standard stone-arch railroad bridge plan used by several railroad lines throughout the nation and adopted by the Chicago & North Western Railway for six highway crossings in the State. The standardized railroad bridges are unique among the State's stone arch bridges for the excellent quality of their masonry and engineering.
Survey number: HAER WI-39
Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Merrimac, 43.38162, -89.68996
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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