Bridge Name: | Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge |
Native Name: | Main Street Bridge |
Crosses: | Fox River |
Owner: | Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the City of Green Bay |
Designer: | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
Design: | Twin-leaf bascule bridge (Scherzer bascules) |
Length: | 773.7feet |
Width: | 54.5feet |
Mainspan: | 170.6feet |
Open: | October 1998 |
Traffic: | 12,860 daily avg. |
Replaces: | old Main Street Bridge |
Coordinates: | 44.5184°N -88.0159°W |
The Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge is a twin-leaf bascule bridge over the Fox River on Main Street (US 141) in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1] It is named in honor of the former Green Bay Packer linebacker Ray Nitschke.[2]
The bridge was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff in 1995. It was built in 1998 replacing the old Main Street Bridge that was built in 1923.[3] In September 2012, the bridge was closed for repairs because of rust problems. The bridge was reopened in November 2012.[4]