An easy one(as if all mine weren't too easy).
This town is named after the location, or the location is named after the town. Mud Chicken would enjoy this spot on a Chicago-bound line-they had to build a bridge 3 times to get it right! Where is it?
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nanaimo73 wrote:Is it west of the Mississippi, but still in the Midwest ?
yes
1435mm wrote:Council Bluffs, Iowa, has had three bridges (on the UP, as well as one independent bridge that IC later acquired.) But there are other midwestern locations that probably fit the bill, too.S. Hadid
nanaimo73 wrote:Do BNSF and/or UP still use the current bridge ?
nanaimo73 wrote:Does the bridge have a swing or lift span ?
no
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blhanel wrote:Does the bridge cross the Mississippi?
nanaimo73 wrote:Was it on the North Western or the Milwaukee Road ?
YES
Murphy Siding wrote: nanaimo73 wrote:Was it on the North Western or the Milwaukee Road ? YES
Just kidding Milwaukee Road
Murphy Siding wrote: An easy one(as if all mine weren't too easy). This town is named after the location, or the location is named after the town. Mud Chicken would enjoy this spot on a Chicago-bound line-they had to build a bridge 3 times to get it right! Where is it?
In this part of the country, this place is where east meets west.
Go Huskies. Forward Together Forward
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senshi wrote:I want to say Missouri Valley but I don't think that the MILW went there so I'm going with a complete shot in the dark Cedar Rapids.
Not Missouri Valley. In fact the Missouri isn't that muddy at this place.
Definately Mobridge- the third bridge was built in 1961 with the creation of Lake Oahe, necessitating the relocation of quite a bit of the transcon MILW main west of town. It was one of five large bridges in the midwest that the US Government built for the MILW from 1945-72 for Army Corps of Engineers dam and waterway projects- can anyone name the other four?
1435mm wrote:If we're talking Milwaukee Road, it crossed the Missouri at Kansas City, Council Bluffs (via trackage rights on UP), Chamberlain, and Mobridge. Only Mobridge meets the criteria of "being named for a place." But I would not characterize Milwaukee Road as "Chicago-bound," at Mobridge one would, I think, commonly say it was "Seattle-bound."S. Hadid
You are correct sir-Mobridge! "Seattle-bound" or "Chicago-bound" would depend on which direction you going. I wrote it that way so it wouldn't be quite as easy to figure out.
It was one of five large bridges in the midwest that the US Government built for the MILW from 1950-72 for Army Corps of Engineers dam and waterway projects- can anyone name the other four?
USACE built this bridge just west of Mobridge at the same time, it crosses the Grand River.
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I believe the CMSP&P used a pontoon bridge at Chamberlain until some time in the 1960s.
nordique72 wrote: Definately Mobridge- the third bridge was built in 1961 with the creation of Lake Oahe, necessitating the relocation of quite a bit of the transcon MILW main west of town. It was one of five large bridges in the midwest that the US Government built for the MILW from 1950-72 for Army Corps of Engineers dam and waterway projects- can anyone name the other four?
Definately Mobridge- the third bridge was built in 1961 with the creation of Lake Oahe, necessitating the relocation of quite a bit of the transcon MILW main west of town. It was one of five large bridges in the midwest that the US Government built for the MILW from 1950-72 for Army Corps of Engineers dam and waterway projects- can anyone name the other four?
I know you live down south now, but know quite a bit about my area. Are you originally from the upper plains?
Two down- two to go! The Grand River bridge was also part of the Lake Oahe project (on the Faith-Isabel branch), and the Chamberlain bridge was completed in 1953 as part of the Lake Francis Case project.
1. Mobridge, SD - MILW main line- Lake Oahe- 1961
2. Mobridge, SD- MILW branch (Faith, SD)- Lake Oahe- 1961
3. Chamberlain, SD- MILW Rapid City, SD line- Lake Francis Case- 1953
4. ???
5. ???
And yes- I grew up in Nebraska and Illinois before moving to Texas last year- the rest of my relatives all live in Wisconsin, so I got to know the granger roads pretty well growing up.
nordique72 wrote:Two down- two to go! The Grand River bridge was also part of the Lake Oahe project (on the Faith-Isabel branch), and the Chamberlain bridge was completed in 1953 as part of the Lake Francis Case project. 1. Mobridge, SD - MILW main line- Lake Oahe- 1961 2. Mobridge, SD- MILW branch (Faith, SD)- Lake Oahe- 1961 3. Chamberlain, SD- MILW Rapid City, SD line- Lake Francis Case- 1953 4. ??? 5. ??? And yes- I grew up in Nebraska and Illinois before moving to Texas last year- the rest of my relatives all live in Wisconsin, so I got to know the granger roads pretty well growing up.
Hastings, MN ?
We have an answer for #4- Saylorville Dam- MILW Iowa Division, Woodward, IA, completed 1972. This bridge also has the sad honor of being the first and only of this list to be abandoned and removed (save the concrete piers)
#5 is still open- and no sorry, Hastings is not the answer.
Okay- since there's been no other guesses- one last clue before I give it away- the final bridge the government built for the MILW was also a Missouri River bridge.
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