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Boscobel, Crawford County

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Inventory Number: WI/49-12-02x / WI-22-03x
County: Crawford County / Grant County
Township: Boscobel
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Boscobel
Crosses: Wisconsin River
Truss type: Howe?
Spans: 3 of 5
Length: 700'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1874
Builder:
When Lost: 1935
Cause:
Latitude: N43 09.05
Longitude: W090 42.95
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Boscobel Bridge, Boscobel, Crawford County, WI Built 1874 Lost 1935
Elna Johnson Collection

Boscobel Bridge, Boscobel, Crawford County, WI Built 1874 Lost 1935
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Cost $45,000. This bridge included a 150' iron swing span. It was a toll bridge until 1910. The bridge included a metal span on the south side of the river, two covered spans, a rotating drawspan in the center channel (steel in all photos examined to-date), and a longer covered span at the north side. On December 4, 1934, the Calgary Herald mentioned that the bridge had been condemned and was to be replaced the following summer.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, October 2012
Swanson, Leslie C.. Covered Bridges in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, 1970, page 43
Calgary Herald, Tuesday, December 4, 1934, Page10

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