Spanning Whitnall Park Creek just east of Highway 100 in Hales Corners, these two concrete deck arches with fieldstone veneers were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during 1933-34. The CCC also built the Garden House at the Boerner Botanical Gardens, another Milwaukee County Landmark. These bridges’ stone parapet walls rise at the center of the arch and extend as curved wing walls. Each is 28 feet long and exhibits excellent design integrity.

The land was originally purchased by Charles B. Whitnall in the late 1920s for a park where Milwaukee citizens could have intimate contact with nature. Whitnall, Secretary of the Milwaukee County Park Commission, and Alfred L. Boerner, Milwaukee County landscape architect, together created their vision of a natural environment. The CCC had camps in Whitnall Park from the spring of 1933 until 1938. Federal work relief programs played a critical role in the development of Milwaukee County parks and parkway system throughout the 1930s. These bridges exhibit the construction techniques and craftsmanship of typical CCC projects and were designed to blend into the surrounding naturescape.