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McGilvray Road Bridge No. 4
Written by J.R. ManningAs 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. 3 and McGilvray Road Bridge No. 6.
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 1907 by the the La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.
- Builders
- - Charles Horton
- La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co.
- Design
- Bowstring pony truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 131.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.02311, -91.32056 (decimal degrees)
44°01'23" N, 91°19'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/634596/4875810 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Galesville
- Inventory number
- BH 34796 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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
- Matthew Lohry