Chicago & Northwestern Railway Zoo Truss

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West Elevation

This bridge crosses an abandoned rail right-of-way that was once Milwaukee Road trackage. It carries the Union Pacific on a major route for the railroad. The bridge was built by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, probably in the late 19th century.

The bridge is located in West Allis, Wisconsin, in western Milwaukee County. It is just south of I-94, across from the Milwaukee County Zoo and within 300 yards of the Zoo Interchange.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in November 2009

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Overview

Quadrangular Warren through truss bridge over Hank Aaron State Trail (Abandoned Milwaukee Road right-of-way) on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railway)

Location

West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

Builder

- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania

Design

Quadrangular Warren through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.02700, -88.04511   (decimal degrees)
43°01'37" N, 88°02'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/414851/4764343 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Wauwatosa

Inventory number

BH 43655 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• October 28, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder & build date.
• October 28, 2012: Updated by Matt Lohry: Updated facility crossed--the abandoned right-of-way is now the Hank Aaron State Trail
• October 19, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge type
• July 21, 2010: New photos from Nick Brnot
• July 15, 2010: New Street View added by Nick Brnot
• November 22, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• kcin556
• Matt Lohry
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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