UP - Sunny Point Road Overpass

Photos 

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

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over North Sunny Point Road on Union Pacific Railroad in Glendale

Location

Glendale, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1928 and 1938 (There are conflicting dates on Mfg. Plaques on several spans.)

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Design

Deck plate girder
Deck Truss

Dimensions

Total length: 910.1 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.13183, -87.92611   (decimal degrees)
43°07'55" N, 87°55'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/424675/4775870 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Thiensville

Inventory number

BH 34866 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Average daily traffic (as of 2005)

800

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 30, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected Bridge Data
• November 22, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated Railroad Data and GPS Data
• June 24, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Railroad categories
• April 25, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added bridge to Railroad overpass category
• February 4, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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