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UP - Graceland Rail Crossing

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in January 2009

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BH Photo #131328

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Wisconsin & Southern Railway on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Builders
- Cleary-White Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Substructure)
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania (Superstructure)
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (MS&NW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR)
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 175.0 ft.
Total length: 175.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #2407
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.13200, -87.98335   (decimal degrees)
43°07'55" N, 87°59'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/420020/4775942 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Thiensville
Inventory number
BH 38478 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1910 (1,260)
Built during 1910s (10,288)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,500)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,141)
Cleary-White Construction Co. (40)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (441)
Lattice through truss (796)
Lattice truss (833)
M-frame portal (90)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (162)
Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (26)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (109)
Open (41,564)
 Owned by railroad (14,332)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (172)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (192)
Railroad (17,179)
Riveted (2,822)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,139)
Through truss (19,326)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,714)
Truss (38,718)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,531)
Wisconsin (1,809)
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (106)

Update Log 

  • March 8, 2023: New photos from John Marvig
  • June 6, 2022: New photo from Mark Boettcher
  • June 7, 2014: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • January 5, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

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UP - Graceland Rail Crossing
Posted February 9, 2023, by Kiernan Butz (gokiernan [at] gmail [dot] com)

I grew up maybe half a mile north of this bridge. As a boy, I often crossed the tracks beneath it on hikes with my neighborhood friends. Never knew exactly who built the structure of when. Thanks for publishing the data!