Property Record
STATE HIGHWAY 83
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Milwaukee, Sparta & North Western Railway Bridge |
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| Other Name: | Union Pacific Railroad Bridge; B-67-953 |
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| Reference Number: | 123988 |
| Location (Address): | STATE HIGHWAY 83 |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Merton |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 8 |
| Range: | 18 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 16 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 20002020 |
| 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 |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2020 - This railroad bridge crosses over STH 83 just north of North Lake. The two-span steel deck girder structure was constructed in 1911 and has concrete abutments and a central concrete pier. The bridge is on the former Milwaukee, Sparta & North Western Railway’s 135-mile “Adams Cut Off” between Lindwerm (eight miles north of Milwaukee) and Sparta that was constructed in 1910-1911 and is now operated by Union Pacific Railroad. It was two tracks wide, but the north track has been removed. |
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| Bibliographic References: | WisDOT Highway Structures Information System; Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, “Chicago & North Western Railway,” https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/chicago-north-western-railway/. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |