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West Elevation

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. Just beyond this bridge view is Lake Monona, the site of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding on December 10, 1967. This is the easternmost of several bridges that cross the Yahara River between Monona and Mendota.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in September 2008

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Oblique View, Looking Southeast

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West Elevation

That's Lake Monona just beyond the bridge.

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Arch Vault Detail

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Barrel Shot Looking South

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East Elevation, Looking Southwest

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Dateblock

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Deck and West Railing

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East Face, Looking Northwest

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Light standard detail

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Barrel Shot Looking North

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Neoclassical Balustrade Detail

The old style urn ballustrades have been faithfully reproduced here, and on other Madison bridges.

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Stop Sign Mount

Old style standard mounting, holding stop signs, probably installed decades ago.

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Arch bridge over Yahara River on Rutledge Street in Madison
Location: Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Status: Open to traffic
History: Replaced a historic arch bridge in 1997
Design: Arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 91.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.08583, -89.35500 (decimal degrees)
43°05'09" N, 89°21'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/308311/4773038 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 37451 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 2,350

Update Log

September 21, 2008: New photo from J.R. Manning
September 20, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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