Property Record
Stettin Drive over Artus Creek
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Stettin Drive Bridge (P-37-0203) |
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| Reference Number: | 245700 |
| Location (Address): | Stettin Drive over Artus Creek |
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| County: | Marathon |
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| Township/Village: | Stettin |
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| Town: | 29 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 29 |
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| Year Built: | 1939 |
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| Survey Date: | 2023 |
| 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: | 2023: Structure P-37-203 is a single-span, Warren pony-truss bridge of riveted steel construction. The bridge measures 53.3 feet in length with a width of 24 feet and features reinforced concrete abutments and angled wingwalls. Steel floor beams support a bituminous deck. The bridge’s Warren truss design includes vertical members at each panel point along the lower chord as a means of stabilizing the bridge’s horizontal elements (a subtype of the Warren truss commonly referred to as “Warren truss with verticals”). Steel railings are located along the length of both trusses. Individual chords bear the imprint of Bethlehem Steel. The bridge may have been constructed as part of a 1939 county-wide WPA project to improve county- and township-owned roads through resurfacing, the installation of drainage structures, and the construction of bridges, among other work (although it does not display a WPA identification plaque). Historic maps indicate that a bridge has existed at this location since at least 1881, though the nature of this early structure is unknown. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Map of the County of Marathon, Wisconsin. La Crosse, WI: Bussell & Holway, 1881. WPA Project Cards: Marathon County (1939). Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections. https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/tp/id/78787/rec/11 (accessed February 17, 2023). Files and construction records: P-37-203. WisDOT Highway Structures Information System. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |