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Hiawatha Trail - Lake Mohawksin Bridge

Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Tomahawk Trail Bridge

From South Bank

Photo taken by John Marvig in August 2014

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BH Photo #292275

Map 

Description 

Build Date comes from the Milwaukee Road Archives at the Milwaukee Central Library

Facts 

Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Lake Mohawksin on Hiawatha Trail
Location
Tomhawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1900
Railroad
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 95.0 ft.
Total length: 512.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.47674, -89.73570   (decimal degrees)
45°28'36" N, 89°44'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/286182/5039552 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tomahawk
Inventory number
BH 62489 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (652)
Beam (15,802)
Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,252)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,041)
Lincoln County, Wisconsin (15)
Open (39,977)
Owned by county (20,848)
Pin-connected (3,920)
Pony truss (16,241)
 Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,347)
Rail-to-trail (1,559)
Railroad (15,601)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Timber stringer (4,028)
Tomhawk, Wisconsin (2)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,878)
Truss (32,958)
Wisconsin (1,499)

Update Log 

  • February 24, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
  • August 25, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 15, 2014: Added by John Marvig

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