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Eisenbahn Trail Milwaukee River Bridge #2

Washington County, Wisconsin
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Southeast

This bridge is skewed slightly off straight north-south in an north-northwest to south-southeast direction, much like the other Eisenbahn Trail Bridge, about 2-1/2 miles upriver.

The sculpture is called Orientations Device, by Carl Billingsly.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in April 2010

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Milwaukee River on Eisenbahn Recreational Trail (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railway)
Location
West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1900; Coverted to recreational trail 2006
Design
Pony/through plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.41992, -88.17875   (decimal degrees)
43°25'12" N, 88°10'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/404578/4808122 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
West Bend
Inventory number
BH 44701 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built during 1900s (4,425)
Chicago & North Western Railway (588)
Eisenbahn Trail (3)
Girder (3,943)
Milwaukee River (31)
Open (29,404)
Plate girder (2,826)
 Rail-to-trail (639)
Railroad (5,594)
Through girder (1,426)
Washington County, Wisconsin (17)
West Bend, Wisconsin (1)
Wisconsin (835)

Update Log 

  • April 2, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning

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