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General View, Looking Southeast

Photo taken by Mark R. Fay, April 19, 1987 for HAER

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General View, Looking Southwest, Showing Bridge And Setting

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3/4 View Of Bridge, Looking Southwest

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3/4 View Of Bridge, Looking Southeast

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Barrel View, Close-Up, Looking North

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Barrel View, Close-Up, Looking South

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Barrel View, General Setting, Looking South

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Barrel View, General Setting, Looking North

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Detail Of Riveted Connection Between Hip Vertical And Bottom Chord

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Detail Of Expansion Bearing At Northwest Corner Of Bridge

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Detail View, Showing Vertical, Top Chord, Diagonal, And Intermediate Bracing

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Detail View Of Northeast Corner, Showing Hip Vertical, Inclined End Post, And Upper Chord

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Detail View, Looking Northeast, Showing Underside Of Deck

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Detail View, Looking North, Showing Railing On West Side

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost Camelback through truss bridge over South Fork Jump River on CTH N
Location: Price County, Wisconsin
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1924; Demolished 1989
Design: It was one of two camelback overhead truss bridges left in Wisconsin when it was demolished.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140 ft.
Total length: 142.9 ft.
Deck width: 20 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.43850, -90.61750 (decimal degrees)
45°26'19" N, 90°37'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/686338/5034425 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Jump River Fire Tower NE
Inventory number: BH 37025 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 2, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER WI-55 - Kennan-Jump River Bridge, Spanning South fork of Jump River on County Highway "N", Kennan, Price County, WI

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