McGilvray Road Bridge No. 3

Photos 

Side view

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

Map 

McGilvray Road Bridge No. 3 

As of 1987 this was one of seven bowstring arch bridges left in Wisconsin.

The others are the Fountain Island Bridge in Fond du Lac, the Tivoli Island Bridge in Watertown and the McGilvray Road bridges in La Crosse, County. They are listed here as McGilvray Road Bridge No. 1, McGilvray Road Bridge No. 2, McGilvray Road Bridge No. 4 and McGilvray Road Bridge No. 6.

Facts 

Overview

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 1905 by the the La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.

Builders

- Charles Horton
- La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.

Design

Bowstring pony truss

Dimensions

Span length: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+44.02130, -91.31435   (decimal degrees)
44°01'17" N, 91°18'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/635097/4875619 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Galesville

Inventory number

BH 34795 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

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

Sources 

• Friends of McGilvray Road
• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Matt Lohry

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