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About 3.5
miles northwest of Holmen, Rustic Road #61 provides
access to the McGilvray Bottoms and what was commonly
called Seven Bridges Road. So named because of the seven
bridges across the channels of the Black River, the road
was permanently closed in 1948 because of frequent
flooding. The roadway, located within the state-owned
Van Loon Wildlife Area, provides a scenic hiking trail
to the remaining rare bowstring arch-truss bridges which
were built in 1905-1908. The McGilvray Road is listed
with both the National and Wisconsin Registers of
Historic Places. A parking lot and picnic table at the
beginning of the roadway invite hikers, cross-country
skiers and birdwatchers.
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