Capital City Trail - Yahara River Bridge (N)

Photos 

Barrel Shot Looking Northwest

The Yahara River is a tributary of the Rock River that flows from a source in the north part of Dane County. It feeds the five lakes in the chain that surround Madison. The most famous of the lakes are Menona and Mendota, that are separated by the isthmus that holds the City of Madison. Lake Monona is the site of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding on December 10, 1967. Several vehicle, bicycle/pedestrian and railway bridges cross the Yahara River between Monona and Mendota.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in September 2008

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BH Photo #125006

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Pony/through plate girder bridge over Yahara River on Branch of the Capital City Trail in Madison

Location

Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to pedestrians

History

Built 1904

Builder

- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Railroads

- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
- Rail-to-trail
- Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR)

Design

Pony/through plate girder

Dimensions

Span length: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 75.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.09096, -89.36330   (decimal degrees)
43°05'27" N, 89°21'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/307651/4773626 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Madison East

Inventory number

BH 37454 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• June 17, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
• June 16, 2014: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• September 21, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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