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UP - Oak Creek Parkway Overpass
Photos
The West Approach
The bridge crosses Oak Creek and the Oak Creek Parkway.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2008
BH Photo #115965
Description
Dates supplied in Masonry Culvert Valuation, Wisconsin Division Valuation Section 2; provided by Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Oak Creek and Oak Creek Parkway on Union Pacific Railroad in South Milwaukee
- Location
- South Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1883, Widened 1890
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 32.0 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.92345, -87.86402 (decimal degrees)
42°55'24" N, 87°51'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/429487/4752676 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- South Milwaukee
- Inventory number
- BH 34873 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 17, 2018: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NWHS Archives
- June 16, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
- November 22, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Railroad Data
- June 26, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com