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McGilvray Road Bridge No. 1

La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Deck view

Photo taken July 1987 by Martin Stupich for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Facts 

Overview
Two-span bowstring truss bridge over a tributary of Black River on Old McGilvray Road in Van Loon Wildlife Area
Location
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1906 by the the La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.
Builders
- Charles Horton
- La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 134.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.02079, -91.30793   (decimal degrees)
44°01'15" N, 91°18'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/635613/4875574 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Galesville
Inventory number
BH 34793 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bowstring pony truss (127)
Bowstring truss (211)
Built 1906 (360)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Charles Horton (6)
HAER documented (782)
La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co. (6)
La Crosse County, Wisconsin (26)
 NR-listed (2,354)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Pony truss (13,217)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,575)
Wisconsin (804)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • March 2, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated GPS coordinates
  • June 18, 2009: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • April 3, 2005: Posted new photos

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