Photos
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Distant View To Southeast. Subject Bridge And Its Setting Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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View To North Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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Looking North The Scofield Bridge has been completely obliterated. There is absolutely no trace that there was ever a bridge here, except for a barracade at the end of Scofield Road. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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Stone Drain This may or may not have been part of the drainage for the bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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View To North Northeast Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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View To Northeast. Truss Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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The Telegraph Pole is still there The trees don't look like they've fared so well in the last dozen years, either. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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View To East Northeast. Hip Vertical Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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View To East. Top Chord, Vertical And Diagonal Connection Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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View To North. One Component Of Verticals And Floor Beam Extensions Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER |
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The End This is the end of Scofield Road. There is absolutely no trace of the old road on the north end of the bridge site. Without the HAER photos, no one would believe there was ever a historic bridge at this location. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008 |
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Description
"The Scofield Road Bridge utilizes a single span, two lane, Warren Double-Intersection pony truss. Although the original date of construction is unknown, evidence indicates that the structure was reinforced in 1891 by the Alden and Lassig Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago for use by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and rebuilt by the Lassig Plant of the American Bridge Company in 1910 for highway use. The span was identified in Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin (the state's cultural resource plan) as one of the state's best examples of a Warren Double-Intersection pony truss with inclined endposts. With its intergrity largely intact, the Scofield Road Bridge is significant as an excellent example of an increasingly rare, late nineteenth and early twentieth century bridge-type."This project has been sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Transporation, Gremmer, Ohm Towig & Due, consulting engineers in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, formally acted as the contracting agency. The project was directed by Dr. John N. Vogle, Principal Investigator and Sr. Historian for Heritage Research, Ltd. (HRL), who provided the photographic documentation and the architectural/technical data. He also edited and prepared the final document."
--Historic American Engineering Record
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern) on Scofield Road near Lebanon
- Location
- Lebanon, Dodge County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Removed
- History
- Built Prior to 1891, Moved to this location and reinforced in 1891; Rebuilt 1910 for highway use; Demolished circa 1996
- Builders
- - Alden & Lassig Bridge & Iron Works
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Design
- Single span, two lane, Warren Double-Intersection pony truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 64 ft.
Total length: 64 ft.
Deck width: 28 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.26175, -88.64110 (decimal degrees)
43°15'42" N, 88°38'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/366804/4791189 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Clyman, Wisconsin UTM: 16.366810.4790970
- Inventory number
- BH 37246 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 24, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected several typos and moved text to a more appropriate place.
- August 19, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER WI-97 - Scofield Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Lebanon vicinity, Dodge County, WI