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Long View Of Bridge, Looking South Photo taken by Martin Stupich, June 25, 1987 for HAER |
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Elevation, Looking West Photo taken by Martin Stupich, June 25, 1987 for HAER |
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View Of Bridge From Mid-Deck, Looking West Photo taken by Martin Stupich, June 25, 1987 for HAER |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking West Photo taken by Martin Stupich, June 25, 1987 for HAER |
The Modern Steel Structures Company of Waukesha constructed the Yellow River Bridge across the Chippewa River in 1908. The firm, incorporated in 1900, developed the most modern and complete steel structural plant in the West. Between 1916 and 1918, the Wisconsin-Minnesota Power & Light Company built a hydroelectric dam four miles downstream from the bridge, putting the site under water. The townships of Eagle Point and Arthur arranged to have the 486-foot span dismantled and re-erected 15 miles upstream near the village of Cobban. The Cast Stone Construction Company, in Eau Claire, installed the new concrete substructure. Crombley and Thailacker, a Milwaukee bridge-building firm, apparently erected the steel work. The Yellow River Bridge is the oldest of four Pennsylvania truss bridges remaining in Wisconsin.
NOTE: With the destruction of the remaining Pennsylvania truss bridges in Wisconsin, these spans are the last surviving Pennsylvania truss spans in the state.
