This bridge may not be the most attractive bridge ever built,
but it is a Depression-related structure, and is significant as a result. It
also retains excellent historic integrity. The beams were painted fairly
recently, suggesting that the county does not intend to replace this bridge any
time soon. The bridge is two-span with a concrete pier and concrete abutments.
Illinois steel stamps are visible on the bridge. MDOT mentions another bridge
was built around the time of this bridge, the
Comstock Road Bridge.
The
Jeddo Road Bridge is eligible for the National Register as a
well-documented example of Depression-era county bridge construction.
Plates on the southwest and northeast ends of the bridge list the
members of the board of the St. Clair County Road Commission (John
Watson, chair; F.W. Moore; F.W. Andreae), as well as the county engineer
(Ken K. Goeltz) and the county bridge engineer (B.L. Parker). The plate
identifies the bridge as "No. S-494-2-2.0," and indicates that the
bridge was erected in 1939 by contractor Marshall Campbell of Port
Huron, the county seat.
The bridge replaced "an old steel span having [a] 12-foot roadway, and
about 5 tons carrying capacity," according to an article in Michigan
Roads and Construction on the road commission's activities in 1939. The
article also contained a photograph of the new bridge. An entry in the
road commission's proceedings reports that Campbell was awarded the
construction contract for $9,855 on 25 May 1939.
Plans and specifications for the structure were prepared "by our bridge
engineer," Ben L. Parker. Parker was presumably also responsible for the
design of a similar structure, the Comstock Road Bridge over Eves Drain,
which was also built in 1939 but does not have as good integrity.
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