Looking North from Sunny Point Road
This railroad bridge reminds me of the long trestles we had as kids on our model railroads. This span seems to have a total elevated length of several blocks.
There are 18 spans from west to east. The westernmost spans have manufacturer's plaques from American Bridge Co. and are dated 1928. Span #2 crosses the Milwaukee River Parkway, Span #3 is a deck truss that crosses the Milwaukee River. This is Span #14 that crosses Sunny Point Road. Spans #4 through #13 cross land, as do Spans #15 through #18.
The concrete piers appear to be much more recent than the plate girder deck spans.
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007
BH Photo #111113