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Honey Creek Bluemound Road Bridge

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Oblique View Looking Northwest

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in April 2008

BH Photo #113873

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Stringer bridge over Honey Creek on US 18 / West Blue Mound Road in Wauwatosa
Location
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1940
Design
Stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 20.3 ft.
Total length: 27.6 ft.
Deck width: 60.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.03515, -88.01110   (decimal degrees)
43°02'07" N, 88°00'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/417633/4765214 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wauwatosa
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
20,090
Inventory number
BH 36537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Built 1928 (1,174)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Functionally obsolete (6,426)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (152)
Open (39,882)
 Owned by city (5,399)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length under 25 feet (6,894)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,193)
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (12)
Wisconsin (1,468)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added GPS Coordinates per To-Do List
  • April 30, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

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

Honey Creek Bluemound Road Bridge
Posted April 30, 2008, by Max Johnson

I have never seen a bridge like this before.

Very cool J.R. ...........................