FVW is the Fox Valley & Western, and GBW is the Green Bay & Western.
The satellite image shows that this swing span is normally open. Since this downstream bridge would get a lot less freighter traffic than the upstream Wisconsin Central Bridge, I'm surprised that this span is normally open. At first, I thought that meant that there were fewer trains than boats servicing the Georgia-Pacific/Fort Howard Paper Co. Then I remembered that the waterways have priority over the railroads. It would be cheaper for CN to use the conductors of the trains to operate the bridge than to staff it with a bridge tender.
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| Sam Carlson posted Crossing the Fox River Drawbridge in Green Bay, WI in August, 1986. What was once paradise - today, there is virtually no reason to go to Green Bay. |
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| Greg Mross posted GBW 320 brings a Boat Train from Kewaunee, WI. across the Fox River and into Green Bay in October of 1988. Mike Kohn: I'm so glad that I lived in GB in the late 80's and early 90's and got to experience the GBW firsthand. All Alco line. So fun to sit over by Norwood Yard and watch operations. Plus I would travel along Hwy 54 a lot and catch the GBW running their mainline. |
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| 1908 Postcard via BridgeHunter |
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| Pierre Leonard posted CNW Green Bay |
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