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FOREST HOME AVE - KINNICKINNIC RIVER PARKWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

FOREST HOME AVE - KINNICKINNIC RIVER PARKWAY

Architecture and History Inventory
FOREST HOME AVE - KINNICKINNIC RIVER PARKWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Forest Home Avenue Bridge
Other Name:Forest Home Ave. Bridge (WisDoT #B-40-0979)
Contributing: No
Reference Number:123217
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):FOREST HOME AVE - KINNICKINNIC RIVER PARKWAY
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1938
Additions:
Survey Date:2009
Historic Use:bridge
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:Concrete Beam
Wall Material:Limestone
Architect: City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:2009
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Kinnickinnic River Parkway
National Register Listing Date:7/14/2011
State Register Listing Date:8/20/2010
National Register Multiple Property Name:Milwaukee County Parkway System
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Replaced in 2009 with bridge B-40-0911 DOT bridge B400979. 2000- Single span concrete girder bridge with false facade showing an archwith decorative limestone set in a random ashlar pattern. The bridge also has decorative limestone parapet walls with limestone slab coping.
Bibliographic References:"Inventory of Historically Significant Bridges Spanning Watercourses Under District Jurisdiction" prepared for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District by Mead and Hunt, 12/2000.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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