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General Setting. East Bank Looking Northwest

Photo taken by Mary Sanford, July 1982, for HAER

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General Setting. West Bank Looking North

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Barrel View. General Setting Looking East

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Barrel View. Closeup Looking West

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Three-Quarter View Looking West Northwest

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Detailed Interior View. Southwest Corner Looking Southwest

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Detailed Interior View At Bottom Chord. South Truss, Second Panel Point

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Deck And Underside From East Bank. Looking Northwest

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East Caissons And Southeast Bottom Chord/Batter Post Pin Connection. Looking Northwest

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Detailed Interior View. Top Chord, First Connection. Northeast Looking North

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Detailed Interior View. Top Chord, Second Connection Northeast. Looking Northeast

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Detailed Interior View. Top Chord, Third Connection Northeast. Looking Northwest. 13. (35mm Original): Southwest Expansion Bearing. On Bridge Looking Toward Shore. 14. (35mm Original): Southwest Expansion Bearing. On Bridge Looking Toward Shore. 15

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Southwest Expansion Bearing

The troublesome roller expansion bearings were used until the 1920's. One of the problems with this bridge was the failure of this expansion joint.

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Southwest Expansion Bearing

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Southwest Expansion Bearing, Looking down

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Black River on Riplinger Road in Town of Warner
Location: Town of Warner, Clark County, Wisconsin
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1914; Replaced 1983
Builder: - Wausau Iron Works
Design: Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200 ft.
Total length: 248 ft.
Deck width: 16 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.82100, -90.61440 (decimal degrees)
44°49'16" N, 90°36'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/688606/4965834 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Greenwood, Wisconsin UTM 15.15688760.4965630
Inventory number: BH 37064 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 3, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER WI-5 - Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Black River on Warner Drive, Warner Twp, Clark County, WI

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