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S. First Street Bridge

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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South Approach

Yeah, I know. My camera's optics will sometimes tint whites into pinks. Forget the pink clouds and look at the bridge!

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2008

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Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Kinnickinnic River on S. 1st Street in Milwaukee
Location
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1957
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 172.9 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Also called
1st Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.00835, -87.91115   (decimal degrees)
43°00'30" N, 87°54'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/425743/4762144 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Milwaukee
Inventory number
BH 36732 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 48.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
6,500

Categories 

Bascule (614)
Built 1957 (180)
Built during 1950s (2,460)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (92)
Milwaukee Movable Bridges (25)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (54)
 Open (29,404)
Owned by city (3,260)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,836)
Structurally deficient (16,931)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,250)
Wisconsin (835)

Update Log 

  • June 30, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning
  • June 24, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Douglas Butler
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S. First Street Bridge
Posted July 26, 2013, by Douglas Butler (drawbridges [at] lycos [dot] com)

South First bascule bridge drawing Milwaukee has numberous drawbridges.

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