Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge
Photos
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The North Portal More photos to follow. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2008 |
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The West Face As seen from Catalano Square.
The traffic cones are temporary lane changes to make this street one-way in and one-way out of parking areas during Summerfest. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008 |
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The North Approach Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008 |
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The Hoan Bridge Over the mouth of confluence of the Kinnickinnic, Menomonee and Milwaukee Rivers as they flow into Lake Michigan. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008 |
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The South Approach As seen from the docks area of Jones Island in the Milwaukee Harbor.
The building just to the right of the Hoan Bridge in the picture, is the old Wisconsin Gas Company Building. The unusual shape on the top of the building is a 21' tall light, shaped like a gas flame, that tells the weather. It went up in 1956, and a poem was issued to help people remember what the colors meant. It went something like,
When the flame is red, warm weather ahead. Well, something like that, anyway. When the flame was flashing, it meant precipitation was in the forecast. The light still operates, but since the building is surrounded by taller buildings, it is difficult to see except from places like the Hoan Bridge. You can see a close-up of the flame on the site of The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal Online. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008 |
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The South Approach The bridge carries I-794 over the harbor, right along the lakefront. Just south of this location, I-794 ends and a parkway, designated Wis Highway 794, continues to the airport. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008 |
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The Underside The South Approach Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Pair of steel through arch bridges over Milwaukee River on I-794 in Milwaukee
- Location
- Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1974, Approach Span Failure Repaired 2001
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 600.1 ft.
Total length: 1,140.1 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 32.3 ft.
- Also called
- Milwaukee River Bridge
Harbor Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.02333, -87.89833 (decimal degrees)
43°01'24" N, 87°53'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/426805/4763797 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Milwaukee
- Inventory number
- BH 34859 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 06/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 83.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 19,230
Update Log
- July 11, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
- July 5, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
- June 30, 2008: New photo from J.R. Manning
Sources
- Wisconsin Highways - Christopher J. Bessert's excellent website that documents Wisconsin highways, past and present. The link is a page about the Hoan Bridge, including the failure of an approach span in late 2000.
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net