Above image: George Raab, Lake Park, Milwaukee in Autumn, Oil on canvas, n.d., Gift of the Helen Raab Estate, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 1997-11
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NEWS ALERTS
Lake Park Bridge Funding Secured, June 2019
Lake Park footbridge to be renovated, but the future of historic road is unclear, February 2019
LPF Calls for Rehabilitation of the Footbridge Lake Park Friends makes a formal request to Milwaukee County Parks to rehabilitate the Ravine Road Concrete Bridge, November 2018
HUGE NEWS: Restoration of Lake Park Bridge Deemed Feasible!
Friends group invests in independent engineering studies, September 2018
The City of Milwaukee's Historic Preservation Office has posted an informational page about the Ravine Road Foot Bridge on the City's website.
***click to read Virginia Small's just published Milwaukee Magazine article, Olmsted Deserves Recognition in Milwaukee, about the shining light behind Lake Park***
PAST NEWS
The Ravine Road Bridge is now closed and there’s talk of imminent demolition, December 2016
County officials seek $2 million from “private contributions” to fund a bridge project
The Ravine Road Bridge…was closed off December 9–possibly for years–“because the County cannot control the volume on the bridge,” according to a statement from Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s office. County officials said, “While there is no immediate safety concern for normal day-to-day use… the County’s Engineering and Risk Management Departments made the recommendation to err on the side of caution and close the bridge as we lack operational control over large groups that could potentially overload the bridge.”
Link to the full article
Lake Park Bridge Funding Secured, June 2019
Lake Park footbridge to be renovated, but the future of historic road is unclear, February 2019
LPF Calls for Rehabilitation of the Footbridge Lake Park Friends makes a formal request to Milwaukee County Parks to rehabilitate the Ravine Road Concrete Bridge, November 2018
HUGE NEWS: Restoration of Lake Park Bridge Deemed Feasible!
Friends group invests in independent engineering studies, September 2018
The City of Milwaukee's Historic Preservation Office has posted an informational page about the Ravine Road Foot Bridge on the City's website.
***click to read Virginia Small's just published Milwaukee Magazine article, Olmsted Deserves Recognition in Milwaukee, about the shining light behind Lake Park***
PAST NEWS
The Ravine Road Bridge is now closed and there’s talk of imminent demolition, December 2016
County officials seek $2 million from “private contributions” to fund a bridge project
The Ravine Road Bridge…was closed off December 9–possibly for years–“because the County cannot control the volume on the bridge,” according to a statement from Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s office. County officials said, “While there is no immediate safety concern for normal day-to-day use… the County’s Engineering and Risk Management Departments made the recommendation to err on the side of caution and close the bridge as we lack operational control over large groups that could potentially overload the bridge.”
Link to the full article
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"Despite their multitude of large scale achievements, throughout the prolific history of Ferry & Clas there are very few examples of small-scale civil or structural designs. [T]he Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge over Ravine Road, located in Frederick Law Olmsted’s Nationally Registered Lake Park, is one of the only known examples of a bridge designed by both partners of the firm." |
