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MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK

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MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK

Historic Name:
Northern Milwaukee Railway Bridge

Other Name:
Mequon-Thiensville Bike Trail Bridge

Reference Number:
122532

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Property Location

Location (Address)

MEQUON-THIENSVILLE BIKE TRAIL OVER PIGEON CREEK

County

Ozaukee

City/Village

Thiensville

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1907

Additions

Survey Date

2002

Historic Use

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

Additional Comments

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. steel beam or plate girder bridge

Bibliographic References

Canfield, TMERL, 294-295.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

bridge NA (unknown or not a building)

Ozaukee
County

Thiensville
Community

1900-1909
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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