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McGilvray Historic “7 Bridges Road” – Holmen, WI

By:Carey Hegge

McGilvray Road is located in Northwest La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in the Van Loon Wildlife Area. Located on a former vehicular road is a unique combination of five rare bowstring arch truss bridges and one low truss bridge. They represent two styles of bridge construction popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Currently the McGilvray Road and its bridges are open only to pedestrian traffic, which makes for an amazing 1.8 mile one-way walk. Maintenance of trail and bridges is by Friends of McGilvray Road in coordination with WI DNR. explorelacrosse.com

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