Rating:
34671
{99}%
1 vote
Wrightstown Fox River Bridge
Photos
View from the Northeast
The Fox River is quite picturesque along here.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2009
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Facts
- Overview
- Twin-leaf bascule bridge over Fox River on Ferry Street (WI 96) in Wrightstown
- Location
- Wrightstown, Brown County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic although no longer functional as a draw bridge
- History
- Built 1934; rehabilitated 1977; Scheduled for replacement 2014
- Builder
- - Worden-Allen Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Design
- Bascule
Scherzer-type rolling lift
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 94.5 ft.
Total length: 94.5 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Also called
- Wrightstown Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.32675, -88.16525 (decimal degrees)
44°19'36" N, 88°09'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/407091/4908825 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Wrightstown
- Inventory number
- BH 34671 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 04/2010)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 37.8 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 8,900
Update Log
- September 2, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added to "Doomed" category
- August 16, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated builder and bridge type
- May 23, 2009: New photos from J.R. Manning