The Manchester Street Bridge is a
camelback steel truss bridge in
Baraboo, Wisconsin in
Sauk County
Sauk County is a county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. The county was created in 1840 from Wisconsin Territory a ...
. The bridge was constructed in 1884 by the
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works to carry Manchester Street over the
Baraboo River
The Baraboo River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River, about 70 mi (115 km) long, in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Baraboo River was ...
. It replaced an earlier bridge that was lost to a flood; the first bridge was likely built after 1877 based on maps from the period. The bridge is long and wide. It is one of two camelback truss bridges remaining in Wisconsin and the only one from the 19th century. In 1987 it was moved to Ochsner Park where it was placed on new abutments while still spanning the Baraboo River as pedestrian bridge.
The bridge was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on October 13, 1988.
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References
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Bridges in Wisconsin
Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Historic American Engineering Record in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Sauk County, Wisconsin
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