Property Record
RR over Menomonee River, E of Harwood Ave.
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RR Bridge over Menomonee River |
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| Reference Number: | 78039 |
| Location (Address): | RR over Menomonee River, E of Harwood Ave. |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 199520162023 |
| Historic Use: | pony truss bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Warren Truss |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | Pennsylvania Steel Co. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2023: Appearance unchanged. Railroad bridge, one span. The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad came to Wauwatosa in 1854, laying track from Milwaukee through the small community to the west, and constructed a non-extant depot and a non-extant wood truss railway bridge over the Menomonee River. Later in 1909, the wood truss bridge was replaced with a dual-track steel Warren Truss bridge at the same location near the crossing of what is now Harwood Avenue. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Mead and Hunt, Wauwatosa Village District: A Home for Commerce, Government, and Leisure; Intensive Survey. 1998. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |