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.

1856,1963,2003,2017 Carrollton Covered Bridgfe over Buckhannon River near Phillippi, WV

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

While studying the Philippi Covered Bridge, I learned about this one.

"Built 1856; rebuilt with concrete beam deck 1963; rehabilitated 2003, heavily damaged by arson August 10, 2017; reopened Sept. 14, 2017 with exposed superstructure" [BridgeHunter]

2011 photo by Brian McKee via ArchivedBridgeHunter

2011 photo by Brian McKee via BridgeHunter

2015 photo by bill Eichelberger via BridgeHunter

Aug 10, 2017 photo via BridgeHunter, Credit: The Barbour Democrat (newspaper) Facebook Page

Same as above photo

2019 photo by Jack Schmidt via BridgeHunter

This shows the concrete beam deck that was added in 1963.

2019 photo by Jack Schmidt via BridgeHunter

Mike Cunningham commented on a post and W. Va. Dept. of Transportation via BridgeHunter

1945,2010 Ben Sawyer Bridge over Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near Charleston, SC

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

The swing span was replaced on existing piers in 2010. [ArchivedBridgeHunter]

Paula Marie Warnick posted 0:27 video @ 0:08
The Little Boat that Could

They are making sure that it will be wide open by the time the sailboat gets to the bridge.

@ 0:20

It looks like the bridge is high enough to clear commercial barge traffic.

Emmett LaHay, Jul 2023

Steve Wasser, Mar 2018

So most boats can't block rush hour.

Charles Shoemaker, Apr 2017

Hugo 1989:

BridgeHunter

NOAA via BridgeHunter

Photo by Daniel McFarland via BridgeHunter

1910 4.5mw Lake Byllesby Dam on Cannon River near Cannon Falls, MN

(Satellite)

"The Lake Byllesby Dam was built in 1910....The concrete dam is more than 1,100–feet [335m] long and more than 60–feet [18m] high from its base with nearly 400 feet [123m] of spillway." [dakota]

Kraemer North America posted

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Check out pages 32–34 to hear from Mike Rice Kraemer’s Business Development Lead, as he discusses Kraemer’s work, partnerships, and collaboration within the hydro industry.

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[Just the photo has something to do with this dam.]

Trail View, Oct 2018

Boldt installed "two new double-regulated, 2.25 MW Z-Turbines (Saxo-Type) and generators. The upgraded generating units double the output, are more efficient and match site head and flow conditions. " [boldt]

Given the horizontal shafts, this would have been the old equipment.

house

The image in the lower-right corner of this collage is the bottom of a Francis turbine. But all of the other photos I saw in the Google search results were of a Kaplan (propeller) turbine. So, someone must have grabbed the wrong photo when making the collage.

LitostrojPower

A source stated that the "Saxo" name comes from the discharge tube looking like a saxophone.

EngineeringMechanics

I-39+90+94 Bridges over Wisconsin River near Portage, WI

(no Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

I normally don't bother noting UCEB (Ugly Concrete Eyesore Bridges), but this construction video is worth noting.

After some typical drone scenes of some tandem lifts, this scene shows how they unload a beam from a truck. The end of the beam has already been lifted off its trailer and swung over to the carriage that will take it across the temporary bridge. The right crane will unhook once that end is on the carriage, and the left crane will attach to the beam. We will see the barge tilt as it takes the weight off of the carriage. Not that 12 axles are required to carry the beam on the highways.

Facebook Reel

rasmith
The bridge replacement cost $135m.

Construction began in May 2024, and it is expected to be completed in 2027. [portagewi]

511wi
"Replacing the existing I-39/90/94 Wisconsin River bridges. One new bridge will be located to the east of the existing bridges and the other will be located at approximately the same location as the existing bridges." [Are they going from 6 lanes to 12 lanes? No. See below. The bridges will handle 8 lanes after a later project adds a fourth lane in each direction to the highway.]

A satellite image caught the temporary bridge that was used to get the beams across the river. I don't know why I can't see a second crane for the tandem lifts of the beams.

Satellite

acppubs
"Nearly a quarter of the 60,000 average daily vehicles passing through the corridor are trucks. The traffic on the bridge increases dramatically — up to 75 percent during the summer months due to tourist traffic."

This photo is old enough to catch a foundation pile drill.

acppubs
"The new bridges will be 1,760 feet long, making them slightly longer than the existing bridges. They will also be wider at 80 feet. However, the bridges will remain three lanes when the project opens. Porter noted that WisDOT has a separate future project to widen the interstate to four lanes. When that occurs, the bridge will be restriped to accommodate a fourth lane."
The riverbed has a highly variable rock profile. Some of the drilled shaft foundations went down 120' without achieving the design capacity. So they had to redesign the pier foundations. They also encountered artesian (underground water) pressure around some of the drilled shafts. That required additional foundation designs. Some of the new designs meant that they had to bring in new subcontractors and equipment.
The nearby high-tension wires added another challenge.

It looks like the old bridge used steel girders. The new one uses prestressed concrete girders.

Street View, Sep 2025

C&NW Division Street and Carpenter Street Towers

Division Street: (Satellite, the elevated foundation has been repurposed.)

Carpenter Street: (Satellite)

John Martin posted two images with the comment: "Interesting stuff I stumbled across about the two former control towers at CNW's Erie St. yard, Division St. and Carpenter St. As of March 1959 Carpenter disappeared from the CNW track chart but Division St. was still there. Anyone have a photo of either tower? Here is what I have: two pages from an article appearing in Signal Engineer Journal June 1911 and the CNW Harvard track chart showing Division St. Tower."

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Bob Lalich commented on John's post
Here are photos of the towers from a GRS publication, which I am unable to locate at the moment. Note that Carpenter St Tower was actually located on Sangamon St, but there already was a Sangamon St Tower which controlled the entrance to the Chicago St Engine Terminal and Erie St Yard.

Bob Lalich commented on John's post

John Martin posted
More on CNW Division St. and Carpenter St. towers from Signal Engineering publication showing plans. Still haven't found any photos of them yet but the search goes on.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

1913,1993 Colorado Boulevard Bridge over Arroyo Seco in Pasadena, CA

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; HAER; Satellite)

HAER CAL,19-PASA,11--2
2. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH. THE PIONEER BRIDGE CAN BE SEEN BEHIND THE OLDER BRIDGE. - Colorado Street Bridge, Spanning Arroyo Seco at Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

"Significance: The Colorado Street Bridge is an eleven-arched reinforced concrete structure, the longest and highest bridge of its time. It was the first high bridge across the Arroyo Seco, and is an important visual landmark in Pasadena. Through its design and construction, the bridge represents the advancing concrete technology of the twentieth century and the ornamental aesthetic of the late nineteenth century. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed by one of the nation's foremost bridge engineers, and constructed by a well known California builder. The local community played an important role In planning and funding construction." [HAER_data, my emphasis in bold]

I added the "cement" label to these notes since this bridge was a landmark concrete bridge in terms of length and height.

Street View, Oct 2014

Carlos G. Lucero posted, cropped

In the arid southwest of the United States more than anywhere else, the growth of a city was dependent upon water. Pasadena was founded where it was exactly to take advantage of a reliable water supply, the Arroyo Seco ("Dry Gulch" in English). It was a reliable source of water in a rather dry environment.

However, the Arroyo Seco was also problem, it was deep in a steep sided canyon. This meant that Pasadena was physically isolated from its western neighbors. Travelers would have to make long detours passable crossing north or south of Pasadena.

This was finally changed by James Scoville. He had been the Vice President of the Elgin Watch Co., President of the Prairie State Bank, and a trustee of what would later be known as California Institute of Technology. He built a pleasure garden on the bluff above the Arroyo Seco which went down the slope of the canyon walls to the stream itself. There he built a small dam and pump house. The top of the dam served as the eastern abutment of a wooden bridge, the first connect Pasadena to the western side of the Arroyo. Scoville Bridge was still in service when the much larger and grander Colorado Blvd. Bridge was built above it.

[David Kimbrough via ArchivedBridgeHunter]

The Arroyo Seco doesn't supply much water today. Given the channelization, today it is a stormwater drain.

Street View, Dec 2024

California Historical Society CHS-7799 via USC Digital Library via BridgeHunter
"Scoville Bridge is visible beneath."

Pasadena Orange Growers Association via BridgeHunter

Postcard via LAist via BridgeHunter

Postcard provided by Mike Ward and Joe Sonderman via BridgeHunter, they uploaded a lot of postcards.