Property Record
SKINNER CREEK RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Skinner Creek Road Bridge |
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| Other Name: | (DNR) |
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| Reference Number: | 133318 |
| Location (Address): | SKINNER CREEK RD |
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| County: | Rusk |
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| Township/Village: | South Fork |
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| Town: | 36 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 8 |
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| Year Built: | 1943 |
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| Survey Date: | 20052020 |
| Historic Use: | pony truss bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Warren Truss |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| 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. The Skinner Creek Road Bridge (P-54-925) was installed at its current location in about 1943 to carry Skinner Creek Road over Skinner Creek. The bridge appears to have been initially constructed in 1910 (date according to WisDOT records) at another location and subsequently relocated to the current site. It is a single-span, riveted steel, Warren pony truss highway bridge. The bridge span measures 65.7 feet with an overall length of 67 feet and a deck width of 16 feet. Timber stringers (beams) serve as the deck base with a bituminous and gravel overlay and timber “curbs” along each side. Narrow metal railings are attached to the interiors of the north and south bridge trusses. Concrete abutments support the structure at each end. Bridge maintenance has been limited to painting of the trusses, tightening of nuts and bolts, and deck repair. A small number of rivets at some top chord connection joints have been replaced with square nuts and bolts. All of the bridge’s original character defining features – including its riveted steel construction, the arrangement of steel chords to form the bridge’s distinctive Warren truss configuration, and its diminutive pony truss design – remain intact. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |