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Oblique view

Photos taken July 1987 by Martin Stupich for the Historic American Engineering Record
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Deck view

Facts 

Overview
Bowstring truss bridge over a tributary of Black River on Old McGilvray Road in Van Loon Wildlife Area
Location
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1905 by the the La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.
Builder
- La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 50.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1980
Inventory number
BH 34798 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bowstring truss (71)
Built 1905 (333)
Built during 1900s (2,418)
HAER documented (348)
La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co. (5)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (12)
NR-listed (1,520)
Open to pedestrians (464)
Pony truss (9,483)
Total length 50-75 feet (4,989)
Truss (16,067)
Wisconsin (464)
Wooden deck (5,165)

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Comments 

McGilvray Road Bridge No. 6
Posted February 9, 2006, by COLLEEN (colleenmontroy [at] hotmail [dot] com)

WHO WAS THIS BRIDGE NAMED AFTER??? WHY WAS IT NAMED MCGILVARY BRIDGE???

THANKS COLLEEN MCGILLIVRAY ROONEY MONTROY