Milwaukee River Broadway St. Bridge

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Broadway No Longer Goes Through

Catalano Square now blocks Broadway Street from the Broadway Bridge, which is called The Young Street bridge in some circles - although the signage on the bridge still refers to it as the "Broadway Bascule Bridge."

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008

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Facts 

Overview

Bascule bridge over Milwaukee River on Broadway Street (WI 32) in Milwaukee

Location

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1982

Design

Bascule

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 267.4 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.

Also called

Young Street Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.03000, -87.90760   (decimal degrees)
43°01'48" N, 87°54'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/426058/4764545 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Milwaukee

Inventory number

BH 34861 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 03/2010)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 71.9 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2009)

5,800

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Update Log 

• April 18, 2010: New photo from J.R. Manning
• July 5, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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