1886+1902 E&LS/Milwaukee Kingsford Bridge over Menominee River

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

E&LW = Escanaba & Lake Superior

2012 photo by Nathan Holth via HistoricBridges

It is obvious that this is a three-hinged arch because the hinge at the crown is so explicit. 

Mark Boettcher, Nov 2025

Aerial view of bridge, September 10, 2020. Photo Credit: Doug Heim, Angelcopter, LLC via HistoricBridges

David Schauer posted
Our last shot from Monday's chase was our best, and a good way to end our long weekend in the Upper Peninsula. E&LS 400/600 crossing the Menominee River south of Iron Mountain with 35 cars of scrap from Alter Metal Recycling, which is located out of the frame to the left. Our long trip back to Duluth was made easier by listening to the Brewers beat the Dodgers. Kingsford, MI - October 12, 2026 Note: drone flight in restricted airspace was approved using LAANC.

Scott Best: Awesome! What's near by that area that makes the air space restricted!?

David Schauer: Scott Best Iron Mountain airport.

HistoricBridges
"The Historic American Engineering Record reported that the bridge is probably the second bridge at this location, since the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad reached Iron Mountain in 1886. A period article about the bridge stated that the previous bridge was a Pratt deck truss with a 225 foot span. A historical photo of the arch bridge under construction appears to show the previous bridge in the background as a double intersection Pratt (Whipple) deck truss."

Closed Pedestrain Bridge over Cleveland & Cuyahoga/Erie Tracks and Lost Eire Roundhouse

Bridge: (no Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, they either removed, or covered up, the foundation.)

From Track Road, south of bridge:

Street View, Sep 2022

From Track Road, north of bridge:

Street View, Jul 2026

From 50th Street:

Chris Huhnke, Oct 2021

Steve Liegl posted three photos with the comment: "Here's a closed pedestrian bridge in Cleveland over the old Erie RR tracks connecting the aptly named Track Rd (lower L [Photo 2]) with E 50th (lower R [Photo 3])."

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I got a topo map to confirm that half of the bridge is now over weeds because there used to be a railyard here. That is when I discovered that Erie also had a roundhouse here.

1953/55 Cleveland South Quad @ 24,000

SP/Northwestern Pacific (NWP) Direct-Lift Bridge over Eureka Slough in Eureka, CA

Swing: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges)

Lift: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

The remnants of the 1916 direct-lift bridge is near the left.

Street View, Jun 2025

RRAdventures posted five photos with the comment: "Northwestern Pacific Railroad - Eureka Slough Lift Bridge."

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An earlier bridge had a swing span.

David Edwards, Mar 2023

The lift for this bridge was a Strauss design. This diagram is for a similar Strobel design.

From Historic Bridges, Source: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, 1914 via Dennis DeBruler

The north pier is round because it held the former swing span. [ArchivedBridgeHunter_lift]

Was reopened as of Jul 2018 for use by a trail and excursion trains. [BridgeHunter_lift]

Joseph Oliver, Jul 2021

Doug Lee, Jun 2025

The bridge is near the upper-right corner of this map.

1958/59 Eureka Waud @ 24,000

This bridge was near the northern end of the NWP route. Some sources show that Southern Pacific owned this route for a while.

A new NWP was incorporated in 2006 and started freight operations on the part south of Windsor, CA, in 2011. [up]

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1898 IANR/Rock Island Arch Bridge over Mud Creek at Vinton, IA

(Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

IANR = Iowa Northern Railway

Dan Sabin posted
Vinton IA BCR&N built Stone Arch Bridge still exists Dan Sabin Collection

Photo provided by Hank Zaletel via BridgeHunter

2017 photo by John Marvig via BridgeHunter

The stone abutments have not been covered with concrete.

2013 photo by Dave King via BridgeHunter
"View of the north side of east stone abutment."

The route was owned by Rock Island.

1954/68 Waterloos Quad @ 250,000

Bridge Hunter indicates the route is now owned by IANR, but rail.guide indicates CN.

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IANR is still claiming this route.

Map via Dennis DeBruler

1913 (CM+BNSF)/Milwaukee Judith and Indian Creek Trestles between Lewiston and Denton, MT

Judith Trestle: (Archived Bridge Hutner; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Indian Creek Trestle: (Archived Bridge Hutner; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

CM = Central Montana

By 1913, between Lewiston and Danvers, MT, Milwaukee built the Judith Trestle, Indian Creek Trestle, Sage Creek Trestle and Sage Creek (Hoosac) Tunnel.  That route is now operated by Central Montana Rail. The route is also used by the Charlie Russell Chew-Choo. The Dinner Train features western entertainment including a staged train robbery. They also operate a North Pole Adventure Train.

CM/Milwaukee Judith Trestle

"The first trestle the train goes over is the Judith River Trestle. This 33-span bridge is 138 feet [42m] high and 1,953 feet [595m] long. The trestle was severely damaged in the spring of 2011 and was approved for a five million dollar grant for repair which took place in 2014." [MontanaCowboyFame]

montanatom1950 via ArchivedBridgeHunter_judith via Flickr

CM/Milwaukee Indian Creek Trestle

"Indian Creek Trestle, the second trestle on the Charlie Russell Chew Choo, is a 22-span bridge that is 150 feet [46m] high and 1,303 feet [397m] long. It may be seen just off the Danvers gravel road." [MontanaCowboyFame]

2015 photo by David Jones via BridgeHunter_indian

Tracy Scott posted
The Indian Creek Trestle was originally part of the route constructed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad during its expansion across Montana in the early 1900s. This line required numerous major bridges and trestles to cross the deep coulees and river valleys of the Judith Basin region. This trestle is located in the rugged coulee country west of Lewistown in Fergus County. It carries the former Milwaukee Road line, now operated by the Central Montana Rail, across a deep drainage carved by Indian Creek. At 1303 feet long, it was built in 1912-1913. The line remains one of the few surviving segments of Milwaukee Road trackage in Montana still carrying freight traffic today. Central Montana Rail continues to serve agricultural customers throughout the Judith Basin.

1907 2200' (671m) Tourist/Southern Railroad Burton Tunnel, second longest in Indiana

East Portal: (Satellite)

West Portal: (Satellite)

Tourist trains that run from the French Lick Depot go through this tunnel.

"Built in 1907 the 2,200 foot Burton Tunnel is the second longest tunnel in Indiana, the longest being the Duncan Tunnel which is an additional 2,489 feet long for a total length of 4,689 feet. The tunnel hosted the Southern Railway which ran the branch line from French Lick to Huntingburg Indiana. The tunnel was dug out from both ends and joined in the middle, while you ride our train if you look for it you can see how the angle didn’t quite meet up evenly, and there is a corner on either side of the tunnel walls toward the middle." [FrenchLickTrain]

2 of 6 photos posted by Roger Baker with the comment: "33 years ago today we took off on another Southern Indiana adventure down to French Lick for a train ride thru the 2nd longest tunnel in Indiana. 🚂😎"

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The Burton Tunnel is the second longest in Indiana at 2,200 feet long.

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33 years ago it only cost $13 for the 2 of us to make the round trip.

Southern Railroad donated the track between Dubois and West Baden to the Indiana Railway Museum. The French Lick Scenic Railway operates a tourist line out of the former Monon+Southern Depot, and the Dubois County Railroad (DCRR) operates freight trains. This tunnel is a highlight of the tourist trains.

Between the two railroads, they own the former-Southern branch from Huntingburg to French Lick. DCRR interchanges with NS in Huntingburg. DCRR also runs the Spirit of Jasper tourist train from Jasper to Huntingburg.

The portal photo above is of the south portal because the track is curved.

1951/51 Hillham Quad @ 24,000

This would be the north portal because the track is straight.

Alcophile Flickr
Burton Tunnel

With a cloud of blue haze from a pair of Macintosh & Seymour designed, Alco-built 539T prime movers, a photo freight emerges from 2200' of darkness that is Burton Tunnel.

The French Lick Scenic Railway, and its freight operation, the Dubois County Railroad, provided two of their three Alco's for their first ever photo charter. It was a great day with several friends riding and photographing the former Southern Railway branch between French Lick and Dubois, Indiana.

For those locomotive fans, the leader is an S-2 that once operated on the Michigan Southern railway and was presumably built for the Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England. The trailing RS1 is former Indiana coal hauler Algers, Winslow & Western #4, that was originally Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic #4. It's a stablemate to the RS1 in Duluth. Both are painted in AW&W colors.

This is the only photo I found that explicitly labeled which portal we were looking at. This is when I noticed the tracks coming out of the south portal are curved.

TripAdvisor
Photo: South portal to Burton Tunnel, constructed in 1907.

1872 Aban/(Pennsy+P&S) 754' (230m) Tunnel and Bridges at Brookville, PA

West Portal: (Satellite)

East Portal: (Satellite)

P&S = Pittsburgh & Shawmut

Facebook Reel

In the above video, Linda says that this bridge is over the Redbank Creek. But since the bridge is straight, I think she is headed to the eastern portal and the bridge is over Sandy Lick Creek. The bridge on the west side is curved and is over Redbank Creek.

Satellite

The Pennsy route east of town is now operated by the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad. And the Pittsburg & Shawmut roundhouse is now used by Brookville Equipment Corp. The abandoned railroad west of the tunnel is now the Redbank Valley Trail.

1924/1957 Brookville Quad @ 62,500

Robert Hartloff posted five images with the comment: "I see a lot of pictures of the famous bridge in Brookville, Pa but never of the Pennsylvania RR tunnel. It appears it was built for 2 tracks. May have been originally Lake Shore and Michigan Southern? My pictures. 10-20-22"

Shane Rosencrance: That's the PRR low grade, nee Allegheny Valley Railroad, the NYC swung across the Coder Viaduct and met the Low Grade at Rose just outside of Brookville. Trackage rights were then shared until reaching the central PA coal fields.

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It is closed because of "structural issues."

BridgesOfTheUSA, this webpage has many photos of the tunnel.

(CM+BNSF)/Milwaukee Sage Creek Trestle and Sage Creek (Hoosac) Tunnel near Danvers, MT

Trestle: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Tunnel: (Satellite)

CM = Central Montana

Davonte Pagac posted
Reaching back a long time, Dad would have been about 5 years old when the Milwaukee Rail came through Danvers.  They had to build a trestle over several streams, one of the longest/tallest being over Sage Creek, which was pretty much in Dad's back yard.  Additionally, they had to dig a tunnel between Danvers and Hoosac.  He remembered going to the work camp in the evening, where a number of folks from the community would gather up all of the uneaten pies and food that the camp had left over, which sounded like it was substantial.  Must have been quite an operation to construct all of that.  I came across this picture on a site called smokstak.com, (I'm sure Gary is familiar with it), of the trestle being built. The caption states: "This is a great photo I own of the construction of the steel trestle over Sage Creek in Montana's Judith Basin, on the Milwaukee Railroad's new line from Lewistown to Great Falls in 1913. There is a locomotive providing steam as well as a donkey engine up high on the equipment providing winch lines for erecting the pillars onto the concrete pads below."  Kind of a neat picture.
Rob Biggs: Google maps has a pretty good shot of the tressel, you can see each concrete pillar it sits on, and the shadow of the tressel shows on the ground. How long was the tunnel!?? I found it on Google Maps as well, It looks like its a long one, maybe 1,500 feet or more??

"The Sage Creek Trestle is the last and longest of the trestles on the way to Denton. It is a 27-span Trestle, 163 feet [50m] high and 1,698 feet [518m] long. The 1996 movie Broken Arrow filmed dangerous train sequences on the Sage Creek Trestle in 1995 with a 150-person crew over six weeks. The 2,014-foot [614m] Sage Creek Tunnel nearby is 300 feet [91m] underground." [MontanaCowboyFame]

2014 photo by Nathan Morton via BridgeHunter

Dennis DeBruler commented on Rob's comment
Found it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hmLLqnUXvQpFPjcZ8
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Treasure State Lifestyles Montana posted three photos with the comment: "The Hoosac Tunnel near Denton, Montana was built in 1912-1913. The 2,014 foot [614m] tunnel is 300 feet [91m] underground and the Charlie Russell Chew Choo goes thru this tunnel."

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I easily found the trestle and tunnel with this map.

1954/67 Lewistown Quad @ 250,000

When I noticed that the route still has tracks, I checked if BNSF owns this route. It does. I traced the route on Google Maps from Judith Gap near the middle of this excerpt north to this trestle and tunnel. A comment on a post of the Indian Creek Trestle says that this route is also operated by Central Montana. Those notes on the Judith and Indian Creek Trestles also describe a tourist train railroad that uses this route.

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