September 4, 2002, Twin City News-Record
You don't find that many photos of the Mill Street Bridge in its heyday, up close and personal. Most are from a distance, or the bridge acts as a backdrop to something else entirely- fishing in the river or focusing on a paper mill or riverboat, etc. This "Back in Time" picture, courtesy of the Historical Society shows a dreary day in late fall or early spring, judging from the trees. Notice the slow speed limit; however, a check of newspapers around this time period leads me to believe the year is not right for this photo, as there are many instances of fines for speeding over this bridge, all mentioning a TEN MPH speed limit. And for you completists out there, the fine was consistently $10.
FWIW, the stack visible in the distance in line with the bridge is about where the Essity (SCA, Wisconsin Tissue Mills) plant is now about 0.6 miles from the photographer. I don't recall when this site became industrialized, but that data would help date this photo.
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