Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Broadway (Young) Street Bridges over Milwaukee River in Milwaukee, WI

1903: (Bridge Hunter) I can't tell if this bridge was rolling or tunnion.
1982: (Bridge Hunter3D Satellite)

This bridge was raised 3,073 times in 2017. [UrbanMilwaukee]

Milwaukee has already converted its river from industry to, I'd guess, high-priced residences.
Street View, Sep 2021

I'd date this photo between 1890 and 1903 because that is when the first bascule bridge was built. Given the lake in the background and the location on the Milwaukee River, I think this was a Broadway Street Bridge. And today's Water Street Bridge must have been Clinton Street Bridge back then. Given the name "Clinton Street Antiques," 1st Street must have had a former name of Clinton Street.
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted
An undated photograph of Milwaukee, Wis. by the H.H. Bennett Studio looking down the Milwaukee River from Clinton Street. The tug Welcome is in foreground right and the Bethel House of the Wisconsin Seaman's Friend Society (est. 1868) is on the right (Image Source: Milwaukee Public Library Digital Collections). Based on the inclusion of the Welcome in the photograph, it would date the image to between 1890 and the early 1910s or 1920s.
[The description goes on to provide a history of Welcome.]

2:23 video @ 0:29 via Bing Owens share

Postcard via BridgeHunter-1903

Broadway Street now appears to be a parking lot and Catalano Square blocks its connection with the bridge.
Satellite

2010 J.R. Manning Photo via BridgeHunter-1982
East Elevation as seen from the north approach span to the C&NW Swing Bridge. In the distance, on the left edge of the photo, is the Menomonee River Swing Bridge.

"If you feel like you’re getting stuck more often waiting for a bridge to come down to cross the river, you’re right. In 2014, the city’s 21 movable bridges were raised 14,003 times to accommodate boat traffic. In 2017, that number had climbed — by 60 percent! — to 23,244 openings. The increase is due to a confluence of factors including higher Lake Michigan water levels, a strong economy and a growing number of waterfront businesses. The river level is up two feet since 2014, causing an increasing number of boats to require bridge openings to navigate the rivers." [UrbanMilwaukee] I noticed in the above video that the bridge kept going up long after the boat had passed underneath. That delays traffic even more.


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