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Eureka Bridge

Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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An idyllic scene, soon to be gone; in the pictures, you will see a crew drilling test cores into the riverbed to determine the best locations for the new bridge piers.

Photo taken by Robert Thompson in October 2009

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Historic significance 

Written by Robert Thompson

This is the only remaining highway lift span on the Upper Fox RIver system. It is scheduled to be replaced in 2011 by a generic fixed concrete span. A similar bascule span used to carry US 10 across the Wolf River at Fremont, Wisconsin; that span was replaced in the 1970's with a modern highway bridge. Other spans, apparently of identical design, were built at Kewaunee and Muscoda Wisconsin and in Sussex County, Delaware (Central Avenue Bridge).

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Facts 

Overview
Scherzer-type rolling lift bascule bridge (with overhead counterweight) over Fox River on CTH K in Town of Rushford
Location
Rushford, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled to be replaced in 2013
History
Built 1939
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
4 through plate girder spans, 1 single-leaf, through, plate girder bascule span with overhead counterweight.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 76.4 ft.
Total length: 333.7 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.00559, -88.84343   (decimal degrees)
44°00'20" N, 88°50'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/352217/4874145 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Eureka
Inventory number
BH 43242 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 39.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
950

Categories 

Bascule (614)
Built 1939 (527)
Built during 1930s (8,799)
Doomed (853)
Fox River (to Green Bay, WI) (36)
Girder (3,943)
Movable (1,460)
NR-eligible (3,790)
Navigable waterway (1,549)
Open (29,404)
Owned by county (16,719)
 Plate girder (2,826)
Rushford, Wisconsin (1)
Scherzer-type rolling lift (16)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,836)
Structurally deficient (16,931)
Through girder (1,425)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,499)
Winnebago County, Wisconsin (20)
Wisconsin (835)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (73)

Update Log 

  • November 10, 2012: New photos from Robert Thompson
  • March 4, 2012: New photo from Robert Thompson
  • August 25, 2010: New photo from Robert Thompson
  • October 31, 2009: Essay added by Robert Thompson
  • October 30, 2009: Updated by Robert Thompson: Bridge scheduled for replacement
  • August 16, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

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Eureka Bridge
Posted July 17, 2013, by Douglas Butler (drawbridges [at] lycos)

Scherzer type Eureka Bridge in Wisconsin.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.

Eureka Bridge
Posted January 21, 2012, by Robert Thompson

http://oshkoshhub.thenorthwestern.com/article/20120103/OSH0101/111230149/Berlin-seeks-extra-feet-Eureka-bridge?odyssey=obnetwork

Berlin WI Boat Club requests more vertical clearance on UECB slated to replace bascule span