Bridges
The Milwaukee River has numerous movable bridges spanning it, allowing for pedestrian and vehicular traffic. These bridges include several different types, including bascule and vertical lift bridges. There are also many fixed bridges, as well as several pedestrian-only and railroad trestles.
The following is a partial list of bridges that cross the river, from north to south:
- Brown Deer Road Bridge
- Range Line Road Bridge
- Good Hope Road Bridge
- Green Tree Road Bridge
- Bender Road Bridge
- Silver Spring Drive Bridge
- Hampton Avenue Bridge
- I-43 Bridge
- Port Washington Road Bridge
- Capitol Drive Bridge
- Locust Street Bridge
- North Avenue Bridge
- North-Humboldt Pedestrian Bridge
- Humboldt Street Bridge
- Holton Street Viaduct (1926)
- Pleasant Street Bridge
- Cherry Street Bridge
- McKinley Avenue Bridge aka Knapp Street Bridge
- Juneau Avenue Bridge
- Highland Avenue Pedestrian Bridge
- State Street Bridge
- Kilbourn Avenue Bridge
- Wells Street Bridge
- Wisconsin Avenue Bridge
- Michigan Street Bridge
- Clybourn Street Bridge
- I-794 Bridge
- Saint Paul Avenue Bridge
- Water Street Bridge
- Broadway Bridge aka Milwaukee Street Bridge
- Hoan Bridge
There are also several Union Pacific (former Chicago and North Western Railway) railroad bridges crossing the Milwaukee River, including:
- north of Bender Road
- south of Silver Spring Drive
- Railroad Swing Bridge #1556 (1915)
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