Title: Milwaukee County Expressway Commission Reference Code
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Title: Milwaukee County Expressway Commission Reference Code: Mss-2002 Inclusive Dates: 1946-1980 Bulk: 70.8 cu. ft. total Location: WHS A001-A008 (52.5 cu. ft.) GV, Sh. 52 (7.8 cu. ft.) LM, Sh. 188-189 (4.8 cu. ft.) HH, Sh. 023-024 (3.4 cu. ft.) MV, F9 and F35 (1.0 cu. ft.) LS, Sh. 077 (1.3 cu. ft.) OS SM “M” (3 items) Abstract: The Milwaukee County Department of Public Works provided staff and services for the Milwaukee County Expressway Commission during its 26 years of existence (1953-1980). Scope and Content: The collection consists of preliminary plans, progress reports, various traffic surveys and studies for the Milwaukee metropolitan area, as well as studies, surveys, and reports specific to sections of the county freeway system, including Lake, Park, Stadium, Bay, and Belt Freeways and their interchanges, extensions, and bridges. Part I of this finding aid consists of plans, progress reports, surveys, and studies prepared for or about the Metropolitan Milwaukee area freeway system. There are also photos and slides taken during the freeway construction. Part II contains an incomplete collection of appraisal report files received from the Milwaukee County Expressway Commission during 1978 and 1979. Part III deals with unprocessed project numbered boxes received from the Milwaukee County Department of Public Works. Notes: Collection added to by Steve Daily, May 2, 1996, and updated by Kevin Abing, June 9, 1999 & August 13, 2002 Arrangement: Folder Heading Box # Divider # NOTE: Boxes 1 – 4 located at LM, Sh. 188-189 PRELIMINARY PLANS 1946-52 1 1 − Origin-Destination Traffic Study Milwaukee Metropolitan Area, 1946 − Major Trafficways Milwaukee Metropolitan Area 1949 − Preliminary Plan for Milwaukee Expressways, 1952 ANNUAL REPORTS 1953-79 1 2 - MCEC First Annual Report 1954 - Milwaukee County Department of Public Works 1955 Report - MCEC Second Annual Report 1955 - MCEC Third Annual Report 1956 - MCEC Fourth Annual Report 1957 - MCEC Annual Report 1958 - MCEC Interim Progress Report 1/1/58-3/31/58 - MCEC Interim Report on Proposed Extensions of Expressway System - MCEC Annual Report 1959 - MCEC Downtown Expressways Supplementary Report 1959 - MCEC Annual Report 1960 - MCEC Annual Report 1961 - MCEC Quarterly Report 4/1/61-6/30/61 - MCEC Annual Report 1962 - Report to Legislative Committee MCE System Progress - MCEC 10th Annual Report 1963 - MCEC Annual Report 1964 - MCEC Annual Report 1965 - MCEC Annual Report 1966 - MCEC Annual Report 1967 - MCEC Annual Report 1968 - MCEC Annual Report 1969 - MCEC Annual Report 1970 - MCEC Annual Report 1971 - MCEC Annual Report 1972 - MCEC 20th Annual Report 1973 - MCEC Annual Report 1974 - MCEC Annual Report 1975 - MCEC Annual Report 1976 - MCEC Annual Report 1977 - MCEC 25th Anniversary Annual Report 1978 - MCEC 26th Annual Report 1979 GENERAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS 1 3 - MCEC Traffic Analysis July 1957 - MCEC Interstate Distribution Loop Study December 1962 - MCEC 1990 Milwaukee Freeway Traffic Analysis June 1965 AIRPORT SPUR 1 4 - Airport Spur Location Study Report June 20 1969 - Noise Impact Study of the Airport Spur Vol. I - Air Terminal 1977 Traffic Forecast. April 1968 LAKE FREEWAY AND SOUTHERLY EXTENSION 1 5 - MCEC Lake Front Expressway March 1963 - MCEC Lake Freeway Southerly Extension Location Report October 1966 - Lake Freeway Boring Logs - MCEC Station 25+00 to Station 61+50 Preliminary Plan - MCEC Station 25+00 to Station 108+85 Preliminary Design Report 1967 - Station 790+00 to Station 834+70 Preliminary Design Report, 1968 - Report on Proposed Use of Low Level Lighting on the Lake Freeway - Special Study For Embankment at E. Lincoln Ave to S. Conway St - Supplement to Study For Embankment at E. Lincoln Ave to S. Conway St - MCEC Lake Freeway Layton Ave to Kinnickinnic Ave - Federal Highway Administration Lake Freeway Evaluation Study 1972 - MCEC E. Holt Ave to E. Iron St Master Plans December 1969 LAKE FREEWAY AND SOUTHERLY EXTENSION (CONTINUED) 1A 5 - MCEC Site Investigation Report Carferry Drive Overpass - MCEC Architectural and Environmental Concerns January 1973 - Railroad Alternate Preliminary Soils Investigation - Railroad Alternative Plans and Environment Assessment Report - Preliminary Environmental Impact Analysis Railroad Alternatives II - Economic Impact Study Addenda for Railroad Alternate Phase 1 - Lakefront Expressway Clippings - The Lake Freeway Plan: An Interstate Connection to the Port of Milwaukee, July 1965 - Station 25+00 to Station 108+85 Preliminary Design Report, 1967 WAR MEMORIAL AREA 2 1 - Master Plans - War Memorial Bridge Preliminary Plans HOAN (HARBOR) BRIDGE 2 2 - Boring Logs Milwaukee Harbor Bridge - Drainage System Plan - Study of Low-Level Lighting - Supplemental Report A Study of Low-Level Lighting - Test Pile Driving and Loading Program - Study of Illumination - Port Facilities Interface Study - (Article) Civil Engineering - Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge LAKE INTERCHANGE 2 3 - Master Plans - High Mast Lighting System ISLAND INTERCHANGE 2 4 - Iron Street to Harbor Bridge - Station 25+00 to Station 108+85 Supplemental JUNEAU INTERCHANGE 2 5 - Master Plan - Roadway Soils Report - Alternative Retaining Walls Treatments - Study of Lighting Systems LAKE AND PARK FREEWAY 2 6 - Study Plans October 1965 - Preliminary Plans April 1966 - Preliminary Plans Traffic Analysis - Federal Highway Administration Draft Environmental/Section 4 (f) Statement - Alternative Preliminary Plans and Environmental Impact Statement - Historical Site Eligibility Study - Public Hearing, April 1976 PARK FREEWAY AND NORTH BELT 2 7 - North Ave and North Belt Location Report June 1958 - North Belt Expressway 4th-6th Streets Interchange Preliminary Design Report - Specifications and Contract Documents For Subsurface Exploration & Soil Testing - 12th St to 51st St Study Plans - 12th St to Sherman Blvd Preliminary Plans September 1966 - 12th St to Sherman Blvd Preliminary Plans July 1967 PARK FREEWAY AND NORTH BELT (contd.) 3 1 - 12th St to Sherman Blvd Roadway Soil Survey Report - WI Dept of Transportation Draft Environmental Statement Administrative Action - 4th St to Prospect Ave - Jackson to Prospect Revised Master Plan - Report of Preliminary Subsurface Exploration and Soil Testing, 1965 MARQUETTE INTERCHANGE 3 2 - Central Interchanges and Approaches Preliminary Design Report June 1957 - Milwaukee's Downtown Freeway Loop - A Study of Land Use and Planting Concepts - Dedication STADIUM FREEWAY 3 3 - Study Plan Report October 1966 - UW Dept Landscape Architecture-Environment Awareness Center - Soil Borings and Soil Properties Greendale Interchange to Stadium Interchange - Special Report Establishing a Route Location between Dean Road and County Line Road - Study 1970 - Bikeway Study For Stadium Freeway and Electric Co Lands - Location Study Report, 1971 - Review of 35th St Route - Summary Report Economic Impact of Proposed Stadium Freeway Northerly Extension on Milwaukee County - Federal Highway Administration Draft Environmental/Section 4(f) Statement Administrative Action - Federal Highway Administration Final Environmental/Section 4(f) Statement Administrative Action - South Demapping Study - Federal Highway Administration Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 1971 - Economic Impact of Proposed Stadium Freeway Northerly Extension on Milwaukee County Wisconsin, 1971 NOTE: Boxes 4 – 4D Located at GV, Sh. 052 BAY AND STADIUM FREEWAY 4 1 - Route Location Study - SEWRPC Areawide Planning Considerations Involved in the Location of the Proposed Stadium and Bay Freeways - MCEC Route Location Study Interim Report July 1969 - Bay Freeway Mill Rd Corridor Route Location Study Status Report January 1971 ARTERIES 4 2 - W. Mill Rd RR Grade Separation Analysis, Quantities & Cost Estimates - Arterial Street Maps 1963 - Federal Highway Administration Draft Environmental Impact Statement East Locust St. - North-South Expressway South Sixth Street Route. November 1956 MISCELLANEOUS 4 3 - Miscellaneous folder - Interstate Connection to Port of Milwaukee 1963 - Belt Freeway Location Report December 1969 - Preliminary Notes Multiple Use Corridor Study East-West Freeway - MCEC Downtown Expressways Supplementary Report, 1959 - MCEC Design Criteria for Milwaukee County Freeways, 1956 - MCEC Design Criteria for Milwaukee County Freeways, 1958 - MCEC Design Criteria for Milwaukee County Freeways, 1969 - City Plan Commission Milwaukee Wisconsin Master Plan, 1970-1990 - Department of City Development and Department of Public Works, City of Milwaukee Planning Guide for the Urban Highway and Street System, ca. 1960 - Operating System Map – fall, 1963 - Papers: Wisconsin Highway Conference 1964-1978 (not inclusive) - New Directions in Transportation Planning for the Milwaukee Area, 1977 - Silver Spring Extension-MC1624 1958. Request for information - Request for bus service-City of Glendale 1953 - Staff Memorandum: Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission- Area Wide Planning Considerations Involved in the Location of the Proposed Stadium and Bay Freeways. April, 1969 - Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission: Land Use Transportation Study- Forecast and Alternative Plans 1990, Volume Two. June 1966 - “Your Introduction to the Milwaukee County Expressway System” Road Record Book File 8-C-7 4 4 Binder: Expressway Project Directory 4 Loose TRANSPORTATION DIVISION (FINANCIAL MATERIAL) 4A Project #1 - East-West X-way 4A 1 - #0101 801-1 Bills Paid - #0102 (Right of Way) - #0103 UI5725 (4) - #0104 Bills Paid - #0105 Bills Paid - #0108 Project T-5725 (4) 801(8) - 801(6) Proj. IN94-4(4)307