W62 N646 Washington Ave., Cedarburg, Ozaukee County

In 1907, the Milwaukee Northern Railway Company constructed this riveted-steel "Thru Truss Bridge" over Cedar Creek. Manufactured by Carrinage Steel and measuring 159 feet long by 12 feet wide by 20 feet high, the bridge was con­structed for the company's interurban train line between Milwaukee and Sheboygan. Powered by overhead electrical lines, the interurban carried passen­gers and freight in and out of Cedarburg. The railway depot and servicing area once stood a few blocks away.

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[Source: McBride, Sarah Davis. History Just Ahead (Madison:WHS, 1999).]