Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct

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South Face

This is the original 10 span bridge that carried Wisconsin Avenue over the Menomonee Valley. It was replaced with a new 8 span arch viaduct in 1993.

The lower bridge carried Bluemound Road. It has been replaced by an UCEB.

From the collections of the Milwaukee Public Museum, used with permission

Overview: Arch bridge over N 44th Street, CNRR, Menomonee River, N 39th Street, Miller Brewing Co. on US 18/W Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1993, Replaced 10 span open spandrel arch viaduct
Builder: - Lunda Construction Co.
Design: Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 158.1 ft.
Total length: 1,457.4 ft.
Deck width: 58.1 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.03880, -87.96655 (decimal degrees)
43°02'20" N, 87°57'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/421267/4765576 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Milwaukee
Inventory number: BH 36928 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2015): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 16,138

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Lunda Construction Company - Description of the bridge project.
Structurae International Database and Gallery of Structures. - Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct entry on Structurae.