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Bessie the Cow is a fiberglass cow sculpture about 16 feet tall and 20 feet long, weighing roughly a ton, with an oversized milking stool and bucket beneath her. Installed in 1966 outside the Oasis restaurant, motel and cheese shop, she was moved a short distance in 2006 when that site was redeveloped and repainted. She now stands on Milton Avenue in Janesville.
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Bessie the Cow
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42.72327° N, 88.99508° W
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On Milton Avenue (3501 Milton Ave listing) in the Arby's parking area, Janesville. The Janesville visitors bureau lists her as handicap accessible and family friendly.
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Outdoor roadside sculpture next to a commercial parking lot; the visitors bureau lists the site as handicap accessible. The sculpture is on commercial property, so access is as for the adjacent parking lot.
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