Property Record
E DYRESON RD, OVER THE YAHARA RIVER
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Dyreson Road Bridge |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 4659 |
| Location (Address): | E DYRESON RD, OVER THE YAHARA RIVER |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Dunn |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 10 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 14 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | overhead truss bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Pratt Truss |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co. |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. PINNED CONNECTIONS. WOOD DECK. 125 FOOT SPAN. BRIDGE COMM LIST. DYRESON ROAD IS WISCONSN RUSTIC ROAD 20. 2010- "The Dyreson Road Bridge is a single, pin-connected, overhead Pratt through truss bridge of steel, wood, and concrete construction with bituminous-covered wood decking and concrete abutments. The bridge is one drive lane in width. The wood decking that comprises the bridge's floor system is reinforced with bolted wood beams and sits on rolled 1-beam floor girders that are riveted to channel pieces hung from lower chord pins. The bridge measures 127' 4" in length, and has a posted weight limit of six tons. The portals at each end are angled back-to-back; the overhead struts are also angled back-to-back with V-lacing and bolted wood beam reinforcement at two points. The upper chord consists of double upright channels tied with steel cover and batten plates. The lower chord consists of double rectangular-section eyebars. Vertical compression members are double square eyebars and back-to-back channels with V-lacing. Diagonal tension members are double rectangular-section eyebars and double square eyebars." -"E. Dyreson Rd., across Yahara River", WisDOT#5685-00-03, Prepared by Gail Klein, (2010). |
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| Bibliographic References: | McFarland Community Life 8/7/2003. Stoughton Courier Hub 4/24/2003. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |