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TMERL - Milwaukee River Bridge

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Photo 

TMER&L bridge at Grafton

License: Released into public domain

BH Photo #281510

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Milwaukee River on TMER&L interurban line
Location
Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1850 for the Michigan Central, relocated here for the Milwaukee Northern (Later TMER&L) in 1906; Abandoned 1948
Builder
- Comstock-Haigh-Walker Co. of Detroit, Michigan (Engineering/Erection)
Railroads
- Interurban
- Milwaukee Northern Railway (MN)
- The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. (TMERL)
- The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co. (TMER&T)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 123.5 ft.
Also called
Grafton Interurban Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.33437, -87.94650   (decimal degrees)
43°20'04" N, 87°56'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/423272/4798382 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cedarburg
Inventory number
BH 60652 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,230)
Built 1850 (111)
Built during 1850s (596)
Comstock-Haigh-Walker Co. (5)
Grafton, Wisconsin (5)
Interurban (1,041)
Lost (30,583)
Milwaukee Northern Railway (6)
Milwaukee River (45)
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin (27)
 Pratt through truss (6,301)
Pratt truss (10,651)
Relocated (1,071)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,645)
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. (25)
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co. (23)
Through truss (18,229)
Truss (37,267)
Wisconsin (1,734)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added build date from a book.
  • April 11, 2014: Added by Frank Hicks

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