35th Street Viaduct

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The East Face

As seen from Pierce Street. The viaduct is just short of being 3/4 mile long.

Four viaducts cross the Menomonee Valley north to south at 6th Street, 16th Street, 27th Street and 35th Street. The Grand Avenue (now Wisconsin Avenue) viaduct crossed the river east-west just slightly north and west of here. Just one block north of that viaduct, a streetcar trestle, called the Wells Street Viaduct, carried street car tracks across the valley on the route to Waukesha.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008

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Facts 

Overview

Girder bridge over W Pierce St, Canal St, Menomonee River, CNRR and Hank Aaron State Trail on 35th Street in Milwaukee

Location

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1933; rehabilitated 1976

Design

Girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 142.4 ft.
Total length: 3,436.2 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 60.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.02800, -87.95775   (decimal degrees)
43°01'41" N, 87°57'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/421970/4764369 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Milwaukee

Inventory number

BH 36820 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 07/2011)

Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.2 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2009)

19,300

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 7, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• Menomonee Valley Partners - The group spearheading the renaissance of the Menomonee Valley, including links to other informational sites.
• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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