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Holcombe Flowage Bridge

Chippewa County, Wisconsin

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Overview
Lost Continuous Warren pony truss bridge over Holcombe Flowage on WI 27
Location
Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1948; rehabilitated 1987, replaced 2009
Design
Continuous Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 170.9 ft.
Total length: 462.0 ft.
Deck width: 26.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.27272, -91.11056   (decimal degrees)
45°16'22" N, 91°06'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/648208/5014983 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ladysmith SE
Inventory number
BH 34701 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2007)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 39.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
3,470

Categories 

Built 1948 (343)
Built during 1940s (3,571)
Chippewa County, Wisconsin (28)
Have street view (22,091)
Lost (18,697)
Lost 2009 (266)
Lost during 2000s (3,723)
Owned by state (13,689)
Pony truss (15,054)
 Replaced by new bridge (12,393)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,771)
Structurally deficient (18,436)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,603)
Truss (29,451)
WI 27 (3)
Warren pony truss (2,950)
Warren truss (5,794)
Wisconsin (1,220)

Update Log 

  • April 5, 2015: New photo from Max Koehn
  • September 15, 2014: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • February 14, 2011: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge type, adjusted GPS coords

Sources 

  • Matt Lohry
  • Nathan Holth
  • Max Koehn - mkoehn45 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Holcombe Flowage Bridge
Posted April 5, 2015, by Max Koehn (mkoehn45 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Drove over the new bridge just today. You can see how the road curves as it crosses the flowage. It appears the new bridge was built just west of the old one