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Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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Milwaukee's Front Door

East Elevation of the Hoan Bridge, looking west from the mouth of the Milwaukee River. Just past the bridge, the Milwaukee River turns north, the Kinnickinnick River flows to the south. The Menomonee River branches away from the Milwaukee River just to the north.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in April 2010

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BH Photo #163540

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Pair of steel through arch bridges over Milwaukee River on I-794 in Milwaukee
Location
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1974, Approach Span Failure Repaired 2001
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 600.1 ft.
Total length: 1,140.1 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 32.3 ft.
Also called
Milwaukee River Bridge
Harbor Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.02333, -87.89833   (decimal degrees)
43°01'24" N, 87°53'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/426805/4763797 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milwaukee
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
21,250
Inventory number
BH 34859 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 89.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,374)
Built 1974 (95)
Built during 1970s (954)
Have street view (27,599)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (156)
Milwaukee River (43)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (104)
 Navigable waterway (2,172)
Open (40,227)
Owned by state (16,212)
Span length 500-1000 feet (395)
Steel through arch (218)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,913)
Wisconsin (1,543)

Update Log 

  • September 8, 2021: New photos from Mark Boettcher
  • March 27, 2016: New photos from Peter Johnson
  • April 25, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • April 23, 2010: New photo from J.R. Manning
  • April 18, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • March 3, 2010: New photo from J.R. Manning
  • July 11, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • July 5, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • June 30, 2008: New photo from J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • Wisconsin Highways - Christopher J. Bessert's excellent website that documents Wisconsin highways, past and present. The link is a page about the Hoan Bridge, including the failure of an approach span in late 2000.
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Nathan Holth
  • Peter Johnson
  • Mark Boettcher
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Comments 

Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge
Posted December 6, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is the Blues Brothers scene in question. Car flies off the Hoan Bridge and lands in Chicago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGu2camh0WA

Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge
Posted December 6, 2016, by Pete briggs (Briggsprop2 [at] msn [dot] com)

We call it the hoan bridge . Also the blues brother movie has a scene filmed on this bridge whe it sat half finished for many years . Prior to it being completed it sat vacant for many years and was called the bridge to nowhere by locals 😀