Monday, January 30, 2017

UP/C&NW 1869 Tiffany Stone Arch and 1910 Truss Bridges over Turtle Creek near Tiffany, WI

Arch: (Bridge Hunter, J.R. Manning has a nice description of the bridge; Historic BridgesHAERSatellite)
Truss, original location: (Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; Historic BridgesSatellite)
Truss, current location: (Satellite, private property)

Photo from HAER WIS,53-TIF,1--1 from wi0190
1. VIEW OF NORTH FACE, LOOKING SOUTH - Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge No. 128, Spanning Turtle Creek, Tiffany, Rock County, WI 

C&NWHS posted
We, at the C&NW archives, really like this photo of the Turtle Creek bridge just south of the little community of Tiffany, Wisconsin on the line from Janesville to Harvard, Illinois. We are on the downstream side of the bridge (anti ice flow buttresses on the other side) so we are looking to the northeast and the locomotive is pulling its consist inbound toward Harvard. Writing on the back dates the C&NW company publicity photo to "about 1931." The bridge and the track are still in use.

Flickr user OldOnliner from Bridge Hunter, CC BY-NC-ND
Update:
Ted Gregory posted

Bryan Phillips shared Monica Hall's post of four photos with her comment of:
"The Tiffany Stone Bridge" So fortunate to be present as the train passed over this beautiful bridge. It was built in 1869 on the Turtle Creek and is still used today by the Union Pacific railroad and may be Wisconsin's oldest five arch stone bridge. In the 1930s the 387 foot bridge was reinforced with concrete while maintaining its beautiful stone architecture. In 1982 it was added to Wisconsin's historic register. At 151 yrs young it is a beautiful piece of Wisconsin's history that still remains today. Town of Turtle, Wisconsin. October 21st 2020
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Jim Kobrinetz took this photo 30 years ago

Matt Sloniker, May 2020
[Note the single lane truss road bridge in the background]


While getting a street view of the arch bridge because of this post, I noticed that the Smith Road Bridge was a truss bridge.
"This 1910 bridge is an extremely unusual and early example of the truss bridge using bolted connections for all connection points." Most bridges in the first half of the 20th Century used rivets. [HistoricBridges_original]
Street View, Jun 2019

But when I tried getting a satellite location, I noticed the truss was gone!
Satellite

So I fired up Google Earth. This is the last image with the truss. The next image is Oct 2020 and the new bridge is done.
Google Earth, Apr 2019

Street View, Jun 2019

The truss is now on private property.
Mark Boettcher via HistoricBridges_current



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