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Ahnapee and Western Railroad Swing Bridge
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Description
This was a dual-use span, providing a toll vehicle roadway and also providing the Ahnapee and Western Railroad a rail link to the shipyards across the bay. Vehicle traffic had to be cleared off the bridge before a train crossing. With the construction of the Michigan St. Bridge in 1931, it was closed to non-rail traffic. The new bridge was situated in such a way to make ship navigation difficult; this may have led to the ship collision with the Michigan St. bridge in 1960. After the demise of the A&WRR, the bridge was demolished to improve ship navigation.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Sturgeon Bay
- Location
- Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Lost
- History
- This was the first bridge crossing the bay of Sturgeon Bay
- Design
- It was originally accessed from shore via a wooden trestle, which was later filled in to create a causeway. The causeway remains, and is reused as a public park with a splendid view of the shipyards and the Michigan St. bridge.
- Also called
- Sturgeon Bay Toll Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.83328, -87.38321 (decimal degrees)
44°49'60" N, 87°22'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/469709/4964501 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 580 ft. above sea level
- USGS topographic map
- Sturgeon Bay West
- Inventory number
- BH 48326 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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