Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Sturgeon Bay on WI 42/WI 57 in Sturgeon Bay
- Location
- Door County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1978
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 228.4 ft.
Total length: 228.4 ft.
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.81833, -87.35667 (decimal degrees)
44°49'06" N, 87°21'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/471800/4962831 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Sturgeon Bay East
- Inventory number
- BH 34739 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 81.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 12,200
Comments
Also is known as the Michigan Street Bridge, this bridge has been listed on the National Register of historic places January 2008. The city celebrates the bridge each year with a 4 day concert of origianl music at the steel bridge songfest, some perform songs written and recorded about the steel bridge that can also be heard or purchased on our website. see steelbridgesongfest.org for additional information. This years evet is June 11,13,14 and 15 and is family friendly and is known as "the lLargest songwriters festival in the midwest".All money raised is for the long-term preservation effort of the Sturgeon Bay Bridge.
Correction:
1. The "Sturgeon Bay Bridge" as viewed here, is officially called the "Bayview Bridge" and is also called the By-Pass or Highway bridge.
2. The "Michigan Street Bridge" as viewed here, is officially called the "Sturgeon Bay Bridge", as listed on the national register as such and is also called the michigan street bridge or the old bridge.
3. The map actually shows only the Bayview bridge location.
The Historic Bridge (sturgeon bay bridge) is located just north of the bayview as shown on the map in downtown sturgeon bay.
see steelbridgesongfest.org for more information.
