Mill Street Bridge, Scandanavia
Written by Lola Bennett, Wisconsin Historic Bridge Recording Project, 1987
The Mill Bridge is the village's main thoroughfare across the Little Wolf River. Its construction in 1907 was part of a general economic boom in the village. The Mill Bridge is an excellent example of Waupaca County fieldstone bridges, which consist of small, uniformly oval stones, in contrast to large uneven granite boulders found in other masonry bridges of other counties in the State.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over South Branch Little Wolf River on Mill Street in Scandinavia
- Location
- Scandanavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1907
- Builder
- - Lars Anderson
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 30.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Inventory number
- BH 34969 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 06/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 66.4 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 600
Update Log
- August 1, 2008: Essay added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- HAER WI-35 - Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Wolf River on Mill Street, Scandinavia, Waupaca County, WI
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net