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Chetek Narrows Bridge
Description
Substructure problems occurred almost from the onset and by 1912 had caused the piers to sink and the superstructure to buckle. The rebuild was paid for by local and state funds, which would imply that the builder wasn't responsible.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chetek & Pokegama Lake Connector on County Trunk D
- Location
- Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1910; rebuilt 1912; replaced 1954
- Builder
- - Central States Bridge Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana
- Design
- (4)6-panel, pinned Pratt through trusses.
- Also called
- County Trunk D-Chetek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.32535, -91.63277 (decimal degrees)
45°19'31" N, 91°37'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/607146/5020002 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 92296 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 20, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 7, 2021: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
- March 7, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder, changed and added other info.
- March 3, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
- March 3, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com