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Penny's Bridge

Covered bridge · Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Penny’s covered pedestrian bridge in the village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Penny’s covered pedestrian bridge in the village of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States · Awkwafaba / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Penny's Bridge is a covered bridge in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, described in its record as covered footbridge in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin has 5 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 2018, in the postwar decades; it crosses Pewaukee River; it is about 42 feet long.

Status check, 2026-11: Modern stringer covered footbridge over the Pewaukee River, built by volunteers in 2018 in memory of local resident Meredith (Penny) Van Horn; the 42 ft length comes from a single listing (Dale Travis). It stands at 43.0837° N, 88.2620° W.

Key facts

Current structure built2018
CrossesPewaukee River
Length42 ft
Coordinates43.08372, -88.26200

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.