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Widnes Dock with filled-in lock chamber (2007) Map of Spike Island (1875) showing the location of Widnes Dock. Widnes Dock was the first rail-to-ship facility in the world. [1] It was built in 1833 between the end of the Sankey Canal and the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway in Widnes. [2]
Widnes Dock Junction and the flat crossing were causing problems of congestion and the LNWR dealt with this by building a deviation line of just under 1.5 miles (2 km) to the north of the original west–east line, crossing the line leading north to St Helens by a bridge.
Allouez Bay Dock Company: GN: 1903 1913 Great Northern Railway: Appleton and New London Railway: CNW: 1866 1875 Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad, Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway: Ashland Railway: CNW: 1882 1885 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway: Ashland, Odanah and Marengo Railway: AO&M 1902 1921 N/A Baraboo ...
Its eastern terminus is in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] US 18, however, runs concurrent with other U.S. Highways from its western terminus to Mule Creek Junction, Wyoming. US 18 is one of the original U.S. Highways of 1926. The US 18 designation was originally proposed for a road in Michigan from Grand Haven east to Detroit.
State Trunk Highway 181 (often called Highway 181, STH-181 or WIS 181) is a 21.44-mile (34.50 km) state highway in Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties in Wisconsin, United States, that runs north–south in southeast Wisconsin from West Allis to Cedarburg.
Pixton, Bob (1996), The Archive Photographs Series Widnes and St Helens Railways, The Chalford Publishing Company, ISBN 978-0-7524-0751-7; Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6; Suggitt, Gordon (2004). Lost Railways of Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Newbury: Countryside ...
The road originally began in Lake Geneva, approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of its current terminus, and ended near downtown Milwaukee. In 1921, the route was shortened to end at the junction with what was then WIS 57 , which later became US 41 , and is now WIS 241 .
State Trunk Highway 38 (often called Highway 38, STH-38 or WIS 38) is a 25.33-mile (40.76 km) state highway in Racine and Milwaukee counties in the US state of Wisconsin that is a north–south route from downtown Racine in the south to downtown Milwaukee in the north.