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Milwaukee River Parkway, Lincoln Park, South Branch

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Photos 

The North Approach

This bridge looks like a typical arch bridge built in the Milwaukee County Parks during the depression. It is clad with lannon stone. The arch appears to be filled with dirt and paved over. The piers have triangle shaped edges, very similar to, and perhaps inspired by, the Charles S. Whitney bridge on Range Line Road.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007

BH Photo #111252

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost earthen filled arch bridge over South Branch Milwaukee River on Milwaukee River Parkway
Location
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Demolished; Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1940
Dimensions
Span length: 64.6 ft.
Total length: 64.6 ft.
Deck width: 43.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.10670, -87.92794   (decimal degrees)
43°06'24" N, 87°55'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/424495/4773081 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milwaukee
Inventory number
BH 36176 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,942)
Built 1940 (1,136)
Built during 1940s (4,301)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,365)
Deck arch (12,153)
Lannon Stone (29)
Lost (32,321)
Lost 2008 (380)
Lost during 2000s (4,480)
 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (162)
Milwaukee River (45)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (109)
Owned by county (22,056)
Replaced by new bridge (22,027)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,710)
Structurally deficient (12,448)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,928)
Wisconsin (1,809)

Update Log 

  • March 27, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added to Milwaukee River category
  • September 30, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Replaced by a new bridge in 2008; Added photos of new bridge
  • April 6, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added bridge to new category, Lannon Stone
  • February 5, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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