Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge
Photos
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
BH Photo #163540
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
- Builders
- - Inland Steel Co. of East Chicago, Indiana
- U.S. Steel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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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
Update Log
- March 18, 2022: Updated by Luke: Added builders per 2001 article
- March 12, 2022: New photo from Mark Boettcher
- September 25, 2021: New photo from Mark Boettcher
- 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
- Milwaukee Business Journal - Article
- Luke
Comments
Me and my wife are expecting our first child was wondering if we can rent the home Bridget lights for a gender reveal
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
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 😀
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wi/milwaukee/B400400001B0000/
You can indeed rent the bridge lighting for gender reveals.
https://www.lightthehoan.com/policy-pricing/
$2500