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Chippewa River Bridge

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Lost deck truss bridge over Chippewa River on Clairemont Road (US 12) in Eau Claire
Location
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1942; rehabilitated 1984; replaced 2005
Design
Deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 147.3 ft.
Total length: 963.0 ft.
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.79833, -91.52667   (decimal degrees)
44°47'54" N, 91°31'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/616527/4961603 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Eau Claire West
Inventory number
BH 34697 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1942 (259)
Built during 1940s (4,108)
Chippewa River (Wisconsin) (22)
Deck truss (1,751)
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin (36)
Eau Claire, Wisconsin (18)
Lost (25,066)
Owned by state (16,071)
 Replaced by new bridge (16,850)
Riveted (2,188)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,237)
Structurally deficient (14,092)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,880)
Truss (33,017)
US 12 (52)
Wisconsin (1,505)

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Chippewa River Bridge
Posted November 30, 2009, by Paul Walchak (paul [dot] walchak [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge, in Eau Claire, is in Eau Claire county, not Chippewa county.