Tayco Street Bridge

Photos

John N. Vogel, Photographer, August 1992 View To West. Subject Property And Its Setting

The Tayco Street Bridge was a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It was significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #119215

Map

Bid Amount

Written by Don Nussbaum

Greiling Engineering Co. of Green Bay won the bid with $217,166.98. Appleton Post Crescent Jun. 30, 1928.

Facts

Overview: Lost bascule bridge over Fox River Navigation Channel on Tayco Street in Menasha
Location: Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Replaced 1993
Builder: - Greiling Engineering Co. of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Design: Twin leaf Strauss bascule bridge
Dimensions: Total length: 165.5 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.19689, -88.45343 (decimal degrees)
44°11'49" N, 88°27'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/383858/4894768 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Neenah
Inventory number: BH 37016 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

January 2, 2018: Updated by Don Nussbaum: Changed completion date from 1928/29 to 1929.
July 9, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
October 30, 2011: New photo from Robert Thompson
April 29, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning
August 8, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated NRHP Listing
August 1, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Related Bridges

Tayco Street Bascule Bridge (Successor)

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER WI-68 - Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha vicinity, Winnebago County, WI
Robert Thompson
Douglas Butler
Don Nussbaum