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 11 b&w photos |  20 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Meadow Hill Drive Bridge, Spanning Wilson Creek, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,17-MENO,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 19 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Anderson, Al C.
NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-96
Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction
Significance: The Meadow Hill Drive Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, riveted, Parker overhead truss designed by the Wisconsin State Highway Commission during the period 1911 to 1925. During these years, the commission took on the responsibility of designing all highway bridges in the state, utilizing standardized plans. While the riveted steel superstructure of the Meadow Hill Drive Bridge is heavier than that of earlier bridges built by independent bridge companies, the construction in not nearly so substantial as trusses dating from the following period, between 1926 and 1931, when the state used larger-section steel members. Steel overhead trusses are now fairly rare in Wisconsin, most having been replaced. Parker trusses are particularly scarce, for fewer trusses of this kind were built than the more common Pratt.
SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Dunn County--Menomonie
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wi0378
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTH
2. NORTHWEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
3. SOUTHEAST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. SOUTHEAST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. SOUTHEAST SIDE, SHOWING SIDEWALK, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. NORTHEAST APPROACH, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. SOUTHWEST APPROACH, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. INTERIOR OF SPAN, LOOKING NORTHEAST
9. DETAIL OF UPPER CHORD INTERSECTION WITH VERTICALS, DIAGONALS, SWAY BRACING AND LATERAL BRACING
10. SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT AND BEARINGS, LOOKING NORTHWEST
11. UNDERSIDE OF DECK, LOOKING NORTHEAST
CONTROL #:
WI0378
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