49-16 DOUGLAS

county/comté/grafschaft
一廊桥

2 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken

Poplar

The Amnicon Falls Park or James Barden or Horton or Bowstring or Lower Falls Bridge

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North-west of Poplar, in Amnicon Township.

Over Amnicon river.

The Amnicon Falls Park or James Barden or Horton or Bowstring or Lower Falls Bridge .

NW of Poplar, Amnicon Township. US2 NW (curves W.) 4.6 miles from jct with CR D in Poplar, N. on CR U 0.3 miles, W. into the park 0.1 miles, N. on park road 0.3 miles to the parking lot and the foot bridge.

1 span 55' or 16.7m

Designed & built by Charles M. Horton. Moved from across the Pokegama River 1 mile SW of Superior in 1930. Cover added in 1939. Collapsed under heavy snow in 1941 & replaced. 2nd cover lost to arson & replaced in 1971.

Bowstrings.

Photo Harry Hill.

South-Range

The Bell Tower Bridge

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East of South Range, in Parkland Township.

Over a Creek.

The Bell Tower Bridge.

CR C E. 1.9 miles from jct with CR K in South Range, continue E. on CR C/E 100 yds to the bridge on the S. side of the road at 6980.

1 span 12' or 3.6m

No known building date.

Stringer.

Photo by Janis Swanson.