Ferndale Road Bridge

Photos

Bridge Roadway View Looking North

Photo taken by Edwin G. Cordes, September 1988 for HAER

BH Photo #120191

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Peshtigo River on Ferndale Road in Towns of Grover and Lake
Location: Marinette County, Wisconsin
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1910 by Elkhart Bridge & Iron Co.; Replaced 1990
Builder: - Elkhart Bridge & Iron Co. of Elkhart, Indiana
Design: 9 Panel, pin connected, Pratt overhead truss.
"The Ferndale Road Bridge is one of the State's longest remaining examples of a Pratt overhead truss bridge. It was built shortly before the advent of the standardized construction methods of the State Highway Commission. The bridge is an excellent example of the design and construction practices of larger bridge fabricators of the period."
--Edwin Cordes, Mead & Hunt, Inc., March 1989
Dimensions: Total length: 154.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Also called: Lake Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.13500, -87.84300 (decimal degrees)
45°08'06" N, 87°50'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/433714/4998292 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Porterfield
Inventory number: BH 37096 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER WI-58 - Ferndale Road Bridge, Spanning Peshtigo River between Lake & Grover, Wausaukee vicinity, Marinette County, WI