Palm Tree Road Bridge
Photos
Oblique View - Southwest Side
There are nine spans to this bridge.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2008
BH Photo #115842
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Sheboygan River on Palm Tree Road
- Location
- Town of Marshfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built in 1903; Repaired in 1950 by Francis Dreifuerst
- Builder
- - Alphonse Halter
- Design
- Classical Roman design stone arch, with the uneven number of arches of descending sizes from the central span.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 18.4 ft.
Total length: 147.6 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.81380, -88.16400 (decimal degrees)
43°48'50" N, 88°09'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/406385/4851850 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Saint Cloud
- Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 20
- Inventory number
- BH 34757 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2009)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 70.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER WI-34 - Palm Tree Road Bridge, Spanning Sheboygan River on Palm Tree Road, Saint Cloud, Fond du Lac County, WI
Comments
The bridge was well documented by the Wisconsin DOT back in the mid 1980s when the state, in conjunction with the Historic American Engineering Reocrd, documented many of the historic bridges in Wisconsin. (Many, sadly, met their demise shortly after the completion of the study, but this beauty still stands proudly!)
There are copies of the Wisconsin DOT reports in many libraries. Next time you come to visit, you should be able to find copies of the DOT reports at the Beaver Dam Library.
I have been doing some research on this bridge as it is very special to me My Granfather built this bridge and I wanted some historical facts to back up my information I already had. I also have many pictures of this bridge as it one of my favorite places to visit when I come for a visit to Wisconsin
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wi/fond-du-lac/P20008100000000/
Actually as of last year this bridge no longer allowed traffic. I don't know who made the decision, if it was the town or inspectors or what. Just a while ago they put up those metal roadblock things and a sign that said to not drive over the bridge. People still walk over it all the time though, I think they're just afraid that the continued abuse of vehicle traffic would dangerously weaken the bridge.
It is really beautiful and residents paid a boy scout to put a solar run spotlight on it not to long ago, so that when you're driving by the bridge at night its lit up.