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Detail View Of Data Plaque, South Truss, Southeast Corner

Photo taken by Martin Stupich, November 27, 1987 for HAER

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View Of North Span Truss, Showing Causeway Between North And South Truss, Looking From Southwest To Northeast

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General View Showing North End Of North Truss, Looking South

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General Overall View Of North Span, West Side, Looking East

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Overall View Of South Span, Looking From West To East

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Detail View Of Interior Of North Span, Showing Lower Bracing, Looking From Northeast To Southwest

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Detail View Showing Hip Vertical, Lower Chord, Diagonal Bracing, Middle Of North Truss

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Detail View Of Roller Bearing, North Truss, Northwest Corner

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Detail View Of Roller Bearing, South Truss, Northwest Corner

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General View Of South End Of South Truss, Looking North

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Detail View Of South Truss, Showing Sidewalk Support And North Abutment

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Detail View Showing Hip Vertical, Inclined Endpost, Portal Bracing, Top Chord, Southwest Corner Of South Truss (Riveted Connection)

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Detail View Showing Hip Vertical, Top Chord, Sway Bracing, Top Struts, Center Of South Truss

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Detail View Of Underside Of Deck, South Span With South Abutment

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Detail View Of Railing, Looking From Southeast To Northeast

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost Parker through truss bridge over Big Rib River on STH 107 in Marathon City
Location: Marathon City, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Replaced 1989
Builder: - Wausau Iron Works
Design: 15 spans, 721' long, consisting of two 151' Parker Overhead Truss spans connected by 13 deck girder spans of 32' each and 11 deck girder spans of 32.5' in length. This allowed the bridge to cross two channels of the Big Rib River.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 151 ft.
Total length: 721.6 ft.
Deck width: 31.7 ft.
Also called: Big Rib River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.93472, -89.84000 (decimal degrees)
44°56'05" N, 89°50'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/275910/4979623 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Marathon
Inventory number: BH 37102 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 6, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER WI-38 - Marathon City Bridge, Spanning Big Rib River, on state Trunk Highway 107, Marathon, Marathon County, WI

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