Property Record
VAN LOON WILDLIFE AREA
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MCGILVARY ROAD BRIDGE 6 |
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| Other Name: | (DNR) |
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| Reference Number: | 16231 |
| Location (Address): | VAN LOON WILDLIFE AREA |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Holland |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 18 |
| Range: | 8 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 22 |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Additions: | 1902 |
| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Bowstring Truss |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | La Crosse Bridge & Steel Co. |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bridge No. 6 |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/27/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Van Loon Wildlife Area Truss Bridge TR |
| Additional Information: | Used as a pedestrian bridge within the Van Loon Wildlife Area. 50 foot span. HAER WI-22-D. Seven bridges are located in the Van Loon Wildlife area, also known as the McGilvary Bottoms. These bridges were constructed to aid in spanning the maze of sloughs and channels in the bottom. Today, there are five steel bowstring arch truss bridges and a wooden Kingspost bridge on Old McGilvary Road. The McGilvary Road Truss Bridge Group was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. pony truss bridge |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |