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Mill Street (Rat River) Bridge

Forest County, Wisconsin

Photo 

Unknown name truss bridge

Photo taken OUTSIDE sawmill gate. Perfectly legal.

Photo taken by Robert Thompson in October 2012

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BH Photo #242084

Map 

Description 

This bridge is on private land at a sawmill in Laona WI. Seeing as there were NO TRESPASSING signs, a fence and a gate, I was unable to get closer to find out details of this bridge. The road shown on the map is on company property and is no longer a through street.

Facts 

Overview
Pinned Pratt pony truss bridge over Rat River on Private industrial road
Location
Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to private traffic
Design
3-panel pin-connected half-hip Pratt pony truss
Also called
Unknown Name Truss Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.56449, -88.67524   (decimal degrees)
45°33'52" N, 88°40'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/369268/5047026 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Laona
Inventory number
BH 54180 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built during 1900s (7,259)
Forest County, Wisconsin (3)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (504)
Laona, Wisconsin (1)
Open (39,994)
Owned privately (1,749)
 Pony truss (16,252)
Pratt pony truss (3,655)
Pratt truss (9,353)
Truss (32,996)
Wisconsin (1,500)

Update Log 

  • October 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Made clarification that bridge is open to private traffic
  • October 27, 2012: Updated by Matt Lohry: Added specific bridge type
  • October 27, 2012: Added by Robert Thompson

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Comments 

Mill Street (Rat River) Bridge
Posted October 30, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

A day late and a dollar short. I was 13 miles from this bridge last week, but was unaware of this bridge. I find this happens to me often... I return from a trip and almost immediately discover a bridge I missed. Probably will never be in the area again, given its location. Nice looking little bridge though.

Mill Street (Rat River) Bridge
Posted October 29, 2012, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

http://forestcowi.wgxtreme.com/ is the county GIS site with owner info. Two owners along the creek with an ambiguous sliver at the creek itself. The right person would probably let someone cross their lot for a picture or two. Too far for my weekend drives....

Unknown Name Truss Bridge
Posted October 28, 2012, by Robert Thompson

I suppose Mill Street Bridge would suffice. It appears that this is part of Mill Street, taken over for private use by the sawmill.

Consider it done.

Unknown Name Truss Bridge
Posted October 28, 2012, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Why not go with Rat River Bridge or Mill Street Bridge, at least on a temporary basis?