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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
CNW Overpass
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 (1,215)
Built during 1910s (10,024)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,451)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Cleary-White Construction Co. (34)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (422)
Lattice through truss (679)
Lattice truss (712)
M-frame portal (88)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (157)
Milwaukee, Sparta & Northwestern Railway (24)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (105)
Open (41,013)
 Owned by railroad (13,587)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (165)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (192)
Railroad (16,544)
Riveted (2,572)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,078)
Through truss (17,270)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,531)
Truss (36,036)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,480)
Wisconsin (1,713)
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (99)

Update Log 

  • 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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