It stands as a symbol of power and strength.
Not only have Circus Wagons on the way to a Milwaukee parade crossed over the bridge, so have countless cargo loads and Pullman cars.
According to a report from Historic Wisconsin Buildings it was built in 1869 without the concrete arches you see lining the arches.
The concrete came later to support the heavier trains that built the country.
The Tiffany Stone Bridge is thought to be the oldest in the state and it's worth a trip to the rural area northeast of Beloit.
One imagines Shopiere and Tiffany as bustling towns back then. Places where farmers bought supplies and sold their grain at harvest.
Now the trains just keep moving south to Chicago and north to Minneapolis.
The highways we drive on may seem old as we are forced to dodge occasional potholes, but other than following the wheel ruts left by horse drawn wagons - it's really the bridges and rails like the one running through Tiffany that show where and how the heartbeat of America first sprang to life.
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