Eisenbahn Trail - Milwaukee River Bridge #2

Photos 

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

Enlarge

BH Photo #160355

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Pony/through plate girder bridge over Milwaukee River on Eisenbahn Recreational Trail

Location

West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1900; Converted to recreational trail 2006

Railroads

- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Rail-to-trail

Design

Pony/through plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 160.0 ft.

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)

Quadrangle map:

West Bend

Inventory number

BH 44701 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 28, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
• August 23, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• April 2, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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