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Here's where it was Looking east. Beaver Dam Road is a farm road that crossed the river here, continued east for several hundred feet, then angled north. (You can see extant pavement in the distance.) The road was cut by the upgrade of US 41 to freeway status, relegating this section of road, and this bridge, superfluous. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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Looking west from Beaver Dam Road The bridge was located about 500 feet to the east. The old right-of-way was freshly mowed. The yellow sign on the right indicates that the right-of-way is for foot traffic only. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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The alignment now The old alignment can be seen on the right side of the photo. The intersection to the upper left, across US 41, was where the road used to go. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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The non-automatic crossing is quite busy Use caution in this area! Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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View Of Bridge, Looking West Photo taken by Martin Stupich, July 8, 1987, for HAER |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Southwest Photo taken by Martin Stupich, July 8, 1987, for HAER |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bedstead pony truss bridge over Rock River on Beaver Dam Road in Town of Addison
- Location
- Town of Addison, Washington County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Removed
- History
- Built 1896; Bridge extant 1996; Removed, date uknown;
- Design
- Metal, pinned, bedstead pony truss, virtually identical to the Riveredge Park Bridge in Allenton, about 3 miles south of this location. Although the maker of this bridge is officially unknown, it appears to have been built by Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 14 ft.
Total length: 40 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.45425, -88.36720 (decimal degrees)
43°27'15" N, 88°22'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/389385/4812168 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Allenton
- Inventory number
- BH 37243 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER WI-41 - Beaver Dam Road Bridge, Spanning Rock River, on Beaver Dam Road, Addison, Washington County, WI