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Woodford Drive Milwaukee River Bridge

Washington County, Wisconsin
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Oblique View - South Face

This bridge has some serious problems and is closed to all traffic. It crosses the Milwaukee River.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in November 2007

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Milwaukee River on Woodford Drive
Location
Town of Barton, Washington County, Wisconsin
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1891; rehabilitated 1979
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 108.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.45270, -88.18410   (decimal degrees)
43°27'10" N, 88°11'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/404197/4811769 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
West Bend
Inventory number
BH 34957 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006)
Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.0 (out of 100)

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
7-panel truss (246)
Built 1891 (120)
Built during 1890s (1,555)
Closed (2,071)
Milwaukee River (31)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Owned by township (1,813)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Pratt through truss (3,162)
 Pratt truss (5,654)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Through truss (9,202)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,632)
Town of Barton, Wisconsin (3)
Truss (23,562)
Washington County, Wisconsin (17)
Wisconsin (804)
Wooden deck (5,397)

Update Log 

  • March 7, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Location
  • November 1, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added to "Doomed" category, as that appears to be its status, and added GPS coords.
  • February 2, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

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Woodford Drive Bridge
Posted January 17, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

It has come to my attention that the Town of Barton did some work to stablize the the abutments in 2007. There are currently no plans in place to either repair or replace this structure.

The meeting minutes, referred to in the previous post, were not about this bridge but were about the other Woodford Drive Bridge (see the listing for the Woodford Drive Viaduct) and, in fact, that design contract was never let.

Woodford Drive Bridge
Posted February 2, 2008, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

On December 20, 2005, the Washington County Highway Committee agreed to let the consulting firm of Graef Anhalt & Schloemer design a new bridge for this location.

If anything has happened since then, I cannot find it.

http://www.co.washington.wi.us/washington/MeetingsAgendas/MIN_HWY_12-20-05.pdf