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View Of Bridge From Highway, Looking West

Photo taken by Martin Stupich, June 17, 1987 for HAER

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Halweg Road on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad
Location: Town of Merrimac, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1878 by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Design: A rock-faced, sandstone arch bridge with a single arch that springs 2 feet above grade and rises 12 feet over a span of 24 feet. There are step-staired wing walls on both sides. The elongated keystone is 2 feet in height. It is Wisconsin's earliest known single-vault, stone-arch railroad bridge. (The oldest stone arch bridge in the state is the Tiffany Stone Bridge in Turtle, Wisconsin.)
Dimensions: Span length: 41.0 ft.
Total length: 41.0 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Bridge No. 344
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.39303, -89.68209 (decimal degrees)
43°23'35" N, 89°40'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/282781/4807955 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Baraboo
Inventory number: BH 34935 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 30

January 12, 2011: New photos from Eric Hanson
June 22, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning
June 4, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected GPS coordinates, location and added to "Railroad" category
August 2, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

HAER WI-39 - Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 344, Spanning Goette Road, Merrimac vicinity, Sauk County, WI
J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Eric Hanson