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Baraboo Street Bridge

Sauk County, Wisconsin
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If you look very closely, you can see a cat crossing the bridge.

That's the Wisconsin River in the distance, the Colsac III ferry is out of sight, just to the left and this track will curve to cross the Wisconsin River Railroad Bridge.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2009

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Overview
Dual deck plate girder bridges over Baraboo Street on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad in Merrimac
Location
Merrimac, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1896 for Chicago & Northwestern Railway by Lassig Bridge & Iron Works
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 30.5 ft.
Total length: 34.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.37462, -89.63047   (decimal degrees)
43°22'29" N, 89°37'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/286897/4805777 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Baraboo
Inventory number
BH 42648 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
75

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1896 (139)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,241)
Have street view (9,909)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (39)
Merrimac, Wisconsin (2)
 Open (28,322)
Owned by railroad (4,053)
Plate girder (2,253)
Sauk County, Wisconsin (19)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,058)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,629)
Wisconsin (804)
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (26)

Update Log 

  • January 12, 2011: New photo from Eric Hanson
  • April 16, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • June 2, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

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