Lake Wissota Bridge, Spanning Lake Wissota at County Trunk Highway "S", Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, WI

Significance: The four-span Lake Wissota Bridge, built in 1916, was the oldest of the seventeen Parker overhead trusses with riveted connections and built-up members identified in a 1982 survey. Of these Parker trusses, the Lake Wissota Bridge was the only one with roller-nest expansion bearings.

Survey number: HAER WI-12

Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1986 Demolished

Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after. 1970- before. 1979 Subsequent Work

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