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          The First Bridge - 1905

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          This two span low steel bowstring arch truss bridge is 17 feet wide and 134 feet long with one middle span support and wooden deck.

          The Second Bridge - 1908

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          This two span low steel bowstring arch truss bridge is 17 feet wide and 140 feet long with one middle span support and concrete deck.

          The Third Bridge - 1905

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          This single span bridge measures 17 feet wide and 110 feet long. It has two center supports with a steel girder approach on each end. New planking was added in 1981.

          The Fourth Bridge - 1907

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          This double span bridge is 17 feet wide and 131 feet long and features a jack arch concrete deck.

          The Fifth Bridge - 1921

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          The Pierce County Bridge from El Paso, Wisconsin was relocated to this site in the winter of 1996-1997. Adopted and carefully restored by the F.M.R., it is 60 feet long and 17 feet wide with a low truss steel span and a new wooden deck. It is located in the area of the former kingpost bridge.

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          Original Kingpost

          The Sixth Bridge - 1906

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          The single span bridge measures 17 feet wide by 50 feet long. It was raised out of the river, extensively repaired, positioned on new pilings and given a new wooden deck in 1996.

          The Seventh Bridge - 1892

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          The steel bridge was built in 1892 and dismantled in 1954.  It measured 250 feet long and afforded travel to Trempealeau County

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