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Ashland Avenue Viaduct in Green Bay

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skluth:
Green Bay is looking into removing the Ashland Avenue viaduct south of Mason St. The viaduct has been around for 67 years (one more than me). The viaduct crosses a defunct railyard and the tracks have all been removed. The neighborhoods around the old railyard have been among the city's poorest since I was a kid. I'm really interested to see how this proceeds because the redevelopment here will be extremely challenging.

SEWIGuy:
If they could tie this into the development of the coal piles site on the Fox River, it would make it more valuable.

JREwing78:
Can the viaduct be removed and replaced with an at-grade roadway while CN still owns the railyard property?

SEWIGuy:
They don't own the street and probably gave up the ROW when the tracks were removed.  But if not, this is pretty far into the future regardless.

mgk920:
That railroad yard's (ex Milwaukee Road) last use was by Wisconsin Central when it was their Green Bay intermodal terminal (very busy!) in the 1990s.  CN dropped that service a couple of weeks after they took over WC in late 2001 (although that service operated at a profit for WC, t wasn't profitable /enough/ for CN's beancounters).  The land has sat unused ever since.  I'd like to see that service come back, perhaps even with a WisDOT subsidy, as it took 400-500 big rig trucks off of US/I-41, I-43 and I-94 every day (that much less wear and tear on those roads).

Mike

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