Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Scofield Road Bridge

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Photos

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Distant View To Southeast. Subject Bridge And Its Setting

Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER

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View To North

Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER

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Looking North

The Scofield Bridge has been completely obliterated. There is absolutely no trace that there was ever a bridge here, except for a barracade at the end of Scofield Road.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008

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Stone Drain

This may or may not have been part of the drainage for the bridge.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2008

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View To North Northeast

Photo by John N. Vogel, July 1996, for HAER

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Facts

Overview

Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern) on Scofield Road near Lebanon

Location

Lebanon, Dodge County, Wisconsin

Status

Removed

History

Built Prior to 1891, Moved to this location and reinforced in 1891; Rebuilt 1910 for highway use; Demolished circa 1996

Builders

- Alden & Lassig Bridge & Iron Works
- American Bridge Co. of New York

Design

"The Scofield Road Bridge utilizes a single span, two lane, Warrne Double-Intersection pony truss. Although the original date of construction is unknown, evidence indicates that the structure was reinforced in 1891 by the Alden and Lassig Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago for use by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and rebuilt by the Lassig Plant of the American Bridge Company in 1910 for highway use. The span was identified in Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin (the state's cultural resource plan) as one of the state's best examples of a Warren Double-Intersection pony truss with inclined endposts. With its intergrity larely intact, the Scofield Road Bridge is significant as an excellent example of an increasingly rare, late nineteenth [sic] and early twentieth century [sic] bridge-type.

"This project has been sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Transporation, Gremmer, Ohm Towig & Due, consulting engineers in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, formally acted as the contracting agency. The project was directed by Dr. John N. Vogle, Principla Investigator and Sr. Historian for Heritage Research, Ltd. (HRL), who provided the photographic documentation and the architectural/technical data. He also edited and prepared the final document."

--Historic American Engineering Record
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Dimensions

Total length: 64 ft.
Deck width: 28 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.26175, -88.64110 (decimal degrees)
43°15'42" N, 88°38'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/366804/4791189 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Clyman, Wisconsin UTM: 16.366810.4790970

Inventory number

BH 37246 (Bridgehunter.com ID)