17th Street Bridge (Old)

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Looking southwest

Photo taken by Robert Thompson in July 2011

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BH Photo #204468

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Looking west to Hamilton Industries factory

Description

2011: This bridge is a working bascule bridge; the commercial fishing fleet passes through it daily.

2013: The existing bridge was replaced with a new, single-leaf bascule bridge.

Facts

Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over East Twin River on 17th Street
Location: Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1949 replaced 2013
Builder: - McMillan & Pitz Construction of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Design: Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.14868, -87.56370 (decimal degrees)
44°08'55" N, 87°33'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/454918/4888541 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Two Rivers
Elevation: 585 ft. above sea level
Inventory number: BH 49133 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 18, 2011: Added by Robert Thompson

Related Bridges

17th Street Bridge (New) (Successor)

Sources

Robert Thompson
Douglas Butler

Comments

17th Street Bridge

Posted April 28, 2014, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Another Wisconsin historic bridge bulldozed. It doesn't even compute how you can let a 1940s bascule deteriorate to the point of needing to be replaced... especially if you consider how expensive it is to build a new bascule bridge. Movable bridges are uniquely expensive. Michigan has a couple bridges of the same vintage and same designer that are in great shape.

http://www.historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowse...

17th Street Bridge - has been replaced.

Posted April 28, 2014, by Robert Thompson

The new bridge is also a bascule bridge.

https://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=U0&Dato=2...

http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=U0&Dato=20...