La Crosse Rail Bridge
La Crosse Rail Bridge carries the M5 motorway over the Mississippi (Upper River) just past the junction with The Hereford and Gloucester Canal.
The Mississippi (Upper River) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at Wirral the canal ran for 17 miles to Tiverbury. Expectations for stone traffic to Liverfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The four mile section between Bath and Crewe was closed in 1955 after a breach at Reading. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Mississippi (Upper River) campaign.
There is a swing bridge here.
| Goodview Lock No 5A | 31.14 miles | |
| Winona Main Channel Bridge | 28.25 miles | |
| Trempealeau Lock No 6 | 15.85 miles | |
| La Crescent Lock No 7 | 3 miles | |
| Dresbach Bridge | 2.21 miles | |
| La Crosse Rail Bridge | ||
| Mississippi - Black Junction | 1.87 miles | |
| La Crosse Dual Bridge | 2.48 miles | |
| Genoa Lock No 8 | 21.44 miles | |
| Black Hawk Bridge | 37.59 miles | |
| Harpers Ferry Lock No 9 | 51.42 miles | |
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The La Crosse Rail Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Mississippi River between La Crescent, Minnesota and La Crosse, Wisconsin. The first bridge in this location initially was designed and ready to build by June 1876, and was completed in November 1876 by the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, a predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. It was later replaced in 1902. It is at the Western end of the Canadian Pacific Railway Tomah Subdivision. Amtrak's Empire Builder crosses this bridge.