Racine Street Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Rock River on Ush 18-Racine Street in Jefferson

Location

Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1936 by Milwaukee Bridge Co.; Replaced 1998

Builder

- Milwaukee Bridge Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Design

"The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span [Warren] deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more than half the bridge's total length, the Racine Street Bridge was locally dubbed the "Super-Bridge" because of its size. Only 14 deck truss bridges are extant in the state, and the deck truss bridge has been classified as a rate type. The Racine Street Bridge is one of southern Wisconsin's three remaining deck truss bridges. A previously completed Determination of Eligibility completed in 1994 concluded that the Racine Street Bridge is elegible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C in the area of engineering."

--Kirk R. Huffacker, Mead & Hunt, Inc., Madison, WI January 1997

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 122 ft.
Total length: 706.1 ft.
Deck width: 41 ft.

Also called

Hazelwood Bridge
Super-Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.00528, -88.81028   (decimal degrees)
43°00'19" N, 88°48'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/352458/4762990 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Jefferson: UTM 16.4726795.352460

Inventory number

BH 37111 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 9, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER WI-101 - Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County, WI

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