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17th Street Bridge (Old)

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Looking southwest

Photo taken by Robert Thompson in July 2011

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BH Photo #204468

Map 

Street View 

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
Manitowoc, 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)

Categories 

Bascule (1,060)
Built 1949 (405)
Built during 1940s (4,093)
Deck girder (5,744)
Girder (10,233)
Have street view (26,945)
Lost (24,726)
Lost 2013 (364)
Lost during 2010s (3,283)
 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (35)
Manitowoc, Wisconsin (16)
McMillan & Pitz Construction (1)
Movable (2,969)
Owned by city (5,399)
Plate girder (7,922)
Replaced by new bridge (16,573)
Two Rivers, Wisconsin (3)
Wisconsin (1,468)

Update Log 

  • July 18, 2011: Added by Robert Thompson

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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...

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...

17th Street Bridge
Posted July 18, 2011, by Robert Thompson

I expected to see this one demolished - I was happy to see it still here! It is in rough condition; concrete is spalling off the deck. If it is replaced, I hope it won't be yet another concrete slab.