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General View Of North Side Of Bridge, Looking Southeast The description provided by HAER says this is a Warren pony truss but the photos do not agree. Photo taken by Martin Stupich, July 6, 1987 for HAER |
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View Of Elevation, Looking East Photo taken by Martin Stupich, July 6, 1987 for HAER |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Galena River on Horseshoe Bend
- Location
- Lafayette County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1917 by Decker & Hague; Replaced 1994
- Builder
- - Decker & Hague
- Design
- "The Coltman Bridge is a representative example of the State Highway Commission-designed Warren Standard Pony truss design, adapted to a skewed crossing. Out of 443 Wisconsin trusses of this design, this bridge is one of three of the best examples."
--Diane Kromm, Wisconsin Historic Bridge Recording Project, Summer 1987 - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 65 ft.
Total length: 69 ft.
Deck width: 20 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.57200, -90.35435 (decimal degrees)
42°34'19" N, 90°21'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/717139/4716680 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- New Diggings
- Inventory number
- BH 37106 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER WI-45 - Coltman Bridge, Spanning Fever River, on Horseshoe Bend Road, Benton, Lafayette County, WI