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General Setting, Looking Southeast

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General Setting, Looking East

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General Setting, Looking North

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General Setting, Looking West

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North Side, Looking Southwest

The east span had 10 panels and was 191.9' long.

The west span was 9 panels and was 172.9' long.

The lift span had 9 panels and was 174' long.

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West Approach, Looking East

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South Side, Looking North

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South Side, With Lift Span In Raised Position, Looking North

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East Approach, Looking West

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East Fixed Span, Southeast Endpost, Detail Of Builder's Plate; Looking West

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East Fixed Span, North Web, South Side Of Toll Taker's House; Looking Northwest

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East Fixed Span, North Web, Detail Of Third And Fourth Panels; Looking Southwest

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Lift Span, South Side; Looking North

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Lift Span, East Portal; Looking West

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Lift Span, West Portal; Looking East

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Lift Span, Inside South Web; Looking Southwest

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East Tower On Lift Span, South And East Sides, 3/4 View; Looking Northwest

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East Tower On Lift Span, West Side, With Span 3/4 Raised; Looking West

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West Tower On Lift Span, South And East Sides, 3/4 View; Looking Northwest

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West Tower On Lift Span, East Side; Looking Northwest

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Lift Span, Detail Of Operator's House, Showing South Side; Looking North

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Lift Span, Detail Of Operator's House, Showing 3/4 View Of North And East Sides; Looking Southwest

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Lift Span, Detail Of South Winding Drum; Looking Southwest

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Lift Span, Operator's House, Interior; Looking Southeast

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Photocopy Of C.1922 Photograph Of Bridge; Toltz, King And Day, Photographers; Original In The Offices Of Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson And Associates, St, Paul; Shows Nearly Completed Prescott Bridge, North Side; Looking Southwest

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Facts

Overview: Lost Bridge over St. Croix River on US 10 in Prescott
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built as a private toll bridge 1923; tolls removed 1946; removed 1991
Builder: - Peppard & Fulton
Design: Waddell-and-Harrington vertical lift bridge
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 191.9 ft.
Total length: 538 ft.
Deck width: 20 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14 ft.
Also called: St. Croix River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.74917, -92.80306 (decimal degrees)
44°44'57" N, 92°48'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/515589/4955105 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Hastings
Inventory number: BH 37091 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 5, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER WI-61 - Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott vicinity, Pierce County, WI

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