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Astico County Park Bridge
Photos
Looking southeast
Spans are joined at new concrete pier constructed in the river channel
Photo taken by Robert Thompson in November 2011
BH Photo #220965
Description
Pony truss ca. 1885 for the Chicago & North Western Railroad at an unknown locationand reinforced 1891 before being reconstructed and moved to Scofield Road near Lebanon in 1910 to cross a new main line. Through truss span was built Ca. 1907 at Ninabuck Road nearby, before being replaced in 1996. Spans were refurbished and installed in 2006.Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Crawfish River on Trail
- Location
- Astico, Dodge County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Structures moved here in 2006
- Builder
- - Alden & Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois (Scofield Road pony truss)
- Design
- 1-64' riveted Double Intersection Warren Pony Truss
1-126' pin connected Pratt Through Truss - Dimensions
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Total length: 192.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.32620, -88.94977 (decimal degrees)
43°19'34" N, 88°56'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/341918/4798885 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Astico
- Inventory number
- BH 50329 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 10, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Fixed GPS
- February 22, 2021: New photos from John Marvig
- June 3, 2017: New Street View added by Dave King
- April 20, 2014: New photos from Matt Lohry
- October 1, 2012: Updated by Matt Lohry: Removed build year--these bridges were relocated here.
- November 27, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: added "build" date
- November 26, 2011: Added by Robert Thompson
Related Bridges
- Ninabuck Road Bridge (Parts reused from)
- Scofield Road Overpass (Parts reused from)
Sources
- Robert Thompson
- Luke
- Matt Lohry
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
Comments
Astico County Park Bridge
This bridge is amazing at sunrise and in the winter!
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I believe the pony span of this bridge may be approximately as old as the formerly nearby Poplar Grove Road bridge, which was later moved to Washington County. I figure Ca. 1885 would be an appropriate date for that span.