Black River Bridge

Photos 

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View To North. Subject Bridge And Its Setting Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To East. Subject Bridge And Its Setting Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To Southwest Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To Northwest Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To Northwest. South Span Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To North Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To West. Detail Of Opening And Railing Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To Northwest. Lamp Base Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

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View To North Northwest. Deteriorating Concrete And Re-Bar Photo taken by John N. Vogel, October 1984, for HAER View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Bridge over Black River on Grand Avenue in Neillsville

Location

Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Replaced 1995

Design

Deep Beam with holes, using reinforced concrete for structural components, resembling a pony truss. It was the only bridge of its kind in Wisconsin.
It was removed from the NRHP List 1987-2-18.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 77 ft.
Total length: 231.5 ft.
Deck width: 20.5 ft.

Also called

Grand Avenue Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+44.57010, -90.59810   (decimal degrees)
44°34'12" N, 90°35'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/690717/4938001 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Neilsville, UTM 15.690740.4937780

Inventory number

BH 37058 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 8, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated NRHP Listing
• August 3, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER WI-76 - Black River Bridge, Spanning Black River at Grand Avenue, Neillsville, Clark County, WI
• Clark County Press, Neilsville, Wisconsin - An article from 1995 that shows the bridge collapse that required building this bridge, and a photo of the bridge when it was new.

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