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1953 (footbridge) Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA (Pine Creek)

Location: N 43.33931 W 90.39205 Maps: MapQuest, Acme Use: Footbridge Status: In use (last checked, 2008) Main cables: Wire (steel) Suspended spans: 10 Main spans: 8 x ~75f Side spans: 32f, 34f

Notes Long low-level footbridge across marshy Pine Creek. Larry Beranek writes: "A flood in Spring 1951, just after I was born, washed out the original bridge. The [current bridge pictured here] was built in 1953. The dam [mentioned here] is gone now so the river remains a trickle til heavy rains or snow melt beef it up as happened in September of [2007]. The water was up to the stringer which supports the walking surface and the police had it taped off so no one would go on it."

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