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CP - Kinnickinnic Avenue Bridge (S)

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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CP Kinnickinnic Avenue Bridge (S)

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in June 2014

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BH Photo #285576

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Kinnickinnic Street on Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 47.0 ft.
Total length: 325.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.00737, -87.90784   (decimal degrees)
43°00'27" N, 87°54'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/426012/4762033 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milwaukee
Inventory number
BH 61255 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

"Truck Eating" (50)
Beam (15,725)
Built 1910 (1,160)
Built during 1910s (9,641)
Canadian Pacific Railway (559)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,030)
Girder (10,247)
Have street view (26,957)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (152)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (100)
 Open (39,897)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Plate girder (7,933)
Railroad (15,437)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,673)
Through girder (3,813)
Timber stringer (4,021)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,232)
Wisconsin, Wisconsin (53)

Update Log 

  • February 18, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added category ""Truck Eating""
  • June 16, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
  • June 8, 2014: New Street View added by Clark Vance
  • June 7, 2014: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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CP - Kinnickinnic Avenue Bridge (S)
Posted February 18, 2021, by George L Bluvas (beerhockeyrock [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge has a Facebook site, it and the bridge just north of it, is known locally as the KK Can Opener as many a truck has crashed into its low height. https://www.facebook.com/KK-Can-Opener-342739173180914

CP - Kinnickinnic Avenue Bridge (S)
Posted June 8, 2014, by John Marvig

If anyone's willing to add street views to what I add, please do. I'm awful at adding streetviews. Thanks!!