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92335
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South Smith Road Bridge (Relocated)
Photos
East face
Photo taken by Roger Deschner in June 2020
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BH Photo #492435
Description
The South Smith Road Bridge was relocated several miles to the Luety family farm for a snowmobile trail to cross a small unnamed stream (State Waterbody ID: WI10026078) at a private camping and picnic grounds.
On private property; can be accessed with permission such as for wedding photography on the bridge.
See original location under "Related Bridges" below. There are links there to news articles about the move itself.
Facts
- Overview
- Relocated Pratt through truss bridge over unnamed creek on snowmobile trail
- Location
- Rock County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open on private property to authorized pedestrians, bicycles, and snowmobiles
- History
- Built 1910. Relocated here in 2020.
- Builder
- - Worden-Allen Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 120.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.3 ft.
- Also called
- Tiffany Bridge
Luety Farm Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.57506, -88.90879 (decimal degrees)
42°34'30" N, 88°54'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/343347/4715393 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 92335 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 28, 2021: Updated by Roger Deschner: Reassembly is now complete
- September 8, 2021: New photos from Mark Boettcher
- March 6, 2021: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added, with photos
Sources
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mark Boettcher
Facebook has come alive with posts about this bridge. It started with a post by Bill Worden, whose ancestors in the Worden-Allen Company built it. He wants to go on a road trip on US 20, seeing bridges in his family heritage. That led to this bridge, an easy detour from US 20.
The facebook page about this bridge now has a lot of photos and links, of the bridge before, during, and after its move.
https://www.facebook.com/smithroadbridge/