Property Record
CNW (now UP) Tracks over USH 45/I-41
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago & North Western Railroad Bridge |
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| Reference Number: | 234012 |
| Location (Address): | CNW (now UP) Tracks over USH 45/I-41 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 19 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1962 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2017 |
| Historic Use: | steel beam or plate girder bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The bridge is on a line constructed between West Allis and Butler by the Chicago & North Western Railway in 1910. It was necessitated in 1962 by the realignment and construction of USH 45 as a "super highway" (4-lane freeway), over which it passed. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Bridge Plate. Chicago & North Western Annual Reports (1910 & 1911). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |