Range Line Road Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Warren pony truss bridge over W Br Eau Claire River on Range Line Road in Town of Ackley

Location

Town of Ackley, Langlade County, Wisconsin

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1908 by Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co.; Replaced 1991

Builder

- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Design

Single span Warren pony truss with continuous top chord.
"The Range Line Road Bridge is a single span Warren truss consisting almost entirely of riveted angles. A distinctive feature is the continuous top chord that extends to the shoe, eliminating the need for a hip joint and separate endpost. In 1908, Ackley township supervisors in Langlade County agreed to raise funds to remove several decaying wooden bridges and replace them with steel structures. The following August, the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, erected the Range Line Road Bridge over the West Channel of the Eau Claire River. J.C. Hall, a local resident, constructed the approach. The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, incorporated in 1891, erected bridges throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest. It is one of the few bridge building firms to use the continuous top chord design."
Diane Kromm, Wisconsin Historic Bridge Recording Project, Summer 1987

Dimensions

Total length: 61 ft.
Deck width: 16 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+45.18220, -89.24530   (decimal degrees)
45°10'56" N, 89°14'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/323597/5005643 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Antigo

Inventory number

BH 37104 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• August 6, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER WI-17 - Range Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau Claire River, on Range Line Road, Ackley, Langlade County, WI

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