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Holton Street Viaduct

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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Water Street Goes Under Holton Street

The west side of the south end of the bridge.

The city built a "Marsupial Bridge" (a pedestrian and bicycle path) beneath the main deck in 2005. It crosses the Milwaukee River, connecting the Brady Street area with the Beer Line.

The span over the river is a bascule span that is no longer operational. Photos of the bascule span follow below.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008

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BH Photo #116384

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Viaduct over N. Water Street, Commerce Street and Milwaukee River in Milwaukee
Location
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1926; modernized 1987; Marsupial Bridge added 2005
Builder
- Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 938.0 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Also called
Incorrectly identified as "Van Buren St. Bridge" on NBI.
Edward D. Holton Viaduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.05434, -87.90434   (decimal degrees)
43°03'16" N, 87°54'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/426353/4767245 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milwaukee
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
10,026
Inventory number
BH 34868 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bascule (1,071)
Built 1926 (790)
Built during 1920s (9,990)
Curved (464)
Deck girder (5,820)
Footbridge (423)
Functionally obsolete (6,340)
Girder (10,364)
Have street view (27,123)
Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. (8)
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (155)
 Milwaukee Movable Bridges (25)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (103)
Movable (3,001)
Open (40,043)
Owned by city (5,542)
Plate girder (8,038)
Skewed (4,919)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,463)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,883)
Wisconsin (1,510)

Update Log 

  • December 11, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 26, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • March 9, 2011: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected Street Name
  • August 16, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Builder
  • July 25, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning
  • July 24, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added alternate name
  • July 2, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • June 29, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected Name and Bridge Type

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Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Douglas Butler
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Holton Street Viaduct
Posted October 8, 2013, by Judith Pipher (Judybear236 [at] gmail [dot] net)

Great photos! I've been looking for some older pics of the RR trestle and the Marsupial Bridge. Great job! Interesting pics of the old mechanism as well. Thank you for posting these and the historical info!