MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK

Architecture and History Inventory
MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Northern Milwaukee Railway Bridge
Other Name:Mequon-Thiensville Bike Trail Bridge
Contributing:
Reference Number:122532
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK
County:Ozaukee
City:Thiensville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1907
Additions:
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
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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.
Bibliographic References:Canfield, TMERL, 294-295.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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