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CP - Menomonee River Swing Bridge

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Oblique View

Looking southeast.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008

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BH Photo #117079

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Menomonee River on Canadian Pacific Railway in Minwaukee
Location
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1904, Approach appears newer
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
Design
Swing Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 230.0 ft.
Total length: 275.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.03245, -87.91185   (decimal degrees)
43°01'57" N, 87°54'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/425715/4764821 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milwaukee
Inventory number
BH 36843 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bobtail Swing Bridge (23)
Built 1904 (535)
Built during 1900s (6,919)
Canadian Pacific Railway (516)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (970)
Counterweighted Swing Bridge (6)
Deck girder (5,317)
Girder (9,509)
Menomonee River (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin) (23)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (150)
Milwaukee Movable Bridges (25)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (99)
Movable (2,870)
Navigable waterway (2,094)
 Open (38,696)
Owned by railroad (11,559)
Pin-connected (3,772)
Plate girder (7,306)
Railroad (14,816)
Riveted (2,117)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,919)
Swing (1,382)
Through truss (14,343)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,005)
Truss (31,637)
Warren through truss (1,576)
Warren truss (6,339)
Wisconsin (1,404)

Update Log 

  • October 20, 2014: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Bobtail Swing Bridge"
  • June 15, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 19, 2014: Updated by John Marvig: Added Build Date
  • November 22, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected Railroad Data
  • July 9, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Douglas Butler
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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