Property Record
MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Northern Milwaukee Railway Bridge |
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Other Name: | Mequon-Thiensville Bike Trail Bridge |
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Reference Number: | 122532 |
Location (Address): | MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK |
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County: | Ozaukee |
City: | Thiensville |
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Year Built: | 1907 |
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Survey Date: | 2002 |
Historic Use: | steel beam or plate girder bridge |
Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
Structural System: | Steel Frame |
Wall Material: | Metal |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | February 2002-This steel, single span, girder bridge is approximately forty feet long and rests on a poured concrete abutment that is capable handling two separate bridge spans. The girders are formed with plates, angle iron and rivets. The deck consists of wood planks with a modern, metal railing spanning both sides. W.E.P.C.O. No 4 is painted on one of the girders. Based upon observation, this bridge appears to date to the 1907 construction of the Northern Milwaukee Railway Line that stretched from Milwaukee to Cedarburg. This date is supported by the fact that the line originally was planned as a double-track facility with original right of way acquisition and bridge construction being carried out for such a purpose. However, the second track was never constructed. Also, steel was the material of choice for building the railway's bridges and girder plate construction was a common method of bridge construction at the time. No other information about the bridge was located and it is currently part of the Mequon-Thiensville Bike Trail. |
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Bibliographic References: | Canfield, TMERL, 294-295. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |