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South Smith Road Bridge (Relocated)

Rock County, Wisconsin

Photos 

East face

Photo taken by Roger Deschner in June 2020

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BH Photo #492435

Map 

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
Pratt through truss bridge over unnamed creek on snowmobile trail
Location
Rock County, Wisconsin
Status
Under re-assembly
Future prospects
When fully re-assembled, will be open to pedestrians, wedding photographers, and snowmobiles.
History
Built 1910. Relocated here in 2020.
Builder
- Worden-Allen Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
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
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)

Categories 

Built 2020 (11)
Built during 2020s (13)
In storage (196)
Owned privately (1,773)
Pratt through truss (5,479)
Pratt truss (9,428)
Relocated (926)
 Rock County, Wisconsin (47)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,420)
Through truss (15,327)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,210)
Truss (33,215)
Wisconsin (1,517)
Worden-Allen Co. (26)

Update Log 

  • March 6, 2021: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added, with photos

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com

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