Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct

Photos

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 It has been replaced by an UCEB.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

BH Photo #118149

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.