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Historic Bridges: Oakland County, Michigan

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

Total Bridges Found: 36

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11 Mile Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
A different style among twelve similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
12 Mile Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over 12 Mile Road in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 160 ft. Main Span: 60 ft. Main Spans: 4
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
The longest example of twelve similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
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13 Mile Road Bridge
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13 Mile Road Over Rouge River in Bingham Farms: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Curved T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 69 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Roadway: 41 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1926 By: Unknown
Although altered, this is an unusual and early curved t-beam.
13 Mile Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 93 ft. Main Span: 35 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
14 Mile Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over 14 Mile Road in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 93 ft. Main Span: 35 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
8 Mile Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CSX) Over 8 Mile Road in Rural: Oakland County, Michigan and Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 88 ft. Main Span: 62 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1928 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York
This railroad overpass retains good historic integrity, although its substructure has deteriorated.
Benjamin Avenue Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over Benjamin Avenue in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 82 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
A skewed variation of one of twelve similar railroad over highway bridges in the county, also with different design details.
Big Beaver Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Big Beaver Road in Birmingham: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 4
Built 1930 By: Unknown
A well known Birmingham landmark, this railroad-over-road bridge is quite different from the highway-over-railroad bridges that deal with this same rail line in the area.
Carpenter-Rudd Mill Railroad Bridge
Paint Creek Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Paint Creek Rail-Trail) Over Paint Creek in Orion Township (Rudds Mill): Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1924 By: Unknown
This small railroad concrete arch bridge today serves a rail-trail at the historical site of a mill.
Catalpa Drive Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over Catalpa Drive in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 83 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Cesar E. Chavez Avenue Railroad Bridge
Oakland Avenue Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Cesar E. Chavez Avenue (Former Oakland Avenue) (US-24 Business) in Pontiac: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 124 ft. Main Span: 64 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1927 By: Unknown
This railroad overpass is unusual because it features a cantilevered deck, which is unusual for railroad bridges.
Charing Cross Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over Charing Cross Road in Bloomfield Hills: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Commerce Street Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) (Former Pere Marquette) Over Commerce Street and Pettibone Creek in Milford: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 112 ft. Main Span: 50 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1907 By: King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio
This classic plate girder is noted as a documented work by the famous King Bridge Company, and it has one larger span over the creek and two smaller spans over the street.
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Derby Street Bridge
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Derby Street Over Railroad (Canadian National) in Birmingham: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 165 ft. Main Span: 32 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 5
Built 1930 By: Unknown
An unusual concrete bridge that was the result of a massive railroad realignment of the 1930s.
Farnum Avenue Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over Farnum Avenue in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 83 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Gillespie Avenue Bridge
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Gillespie Avenue Over Clinton Avenue in Rural: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed
Length: 34 ft. Main Span: 33 ft. Roadway: 36 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1936 By: Unknown and Harold Hawley Corson
This bridge is an early and rare surviving example of a rigid frame bridge in Michigan.
Greenleaf Drive Bridge
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Greenleaf Drive Over Red Run River in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
One of several tiny concrete arch bridges that were buried when the Red Run River was covered up in this area.
Greenleaf Drive Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (CN) Over Greenleaf Drive in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of twelve similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Indian Lake Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (M-24 Bike Rail-Trail) Over Indian Lake Road in Oxford: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 19 ft. Main Span: 19 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1891 By: Unknown
This is an uncommon example of a stone arch overpass in Michigan.
Long Lake Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Long Lake Road in Bloomfield Hills: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
M-59 Railroad Bridge
Highland Road Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) Over M-59 (Highland Road) in Highland Township: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 73 ft. Main Span: 51 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1936 By: Jutton-Kelly Company of Detroit, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department
This classic 1930s railroad overpass with attractive architectural details was paired with a very utilitarian overpass when the highway was converted into a divided highway.
Main Street Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) (Former Pere Marquette) Over Main Street in Milford: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 110 ft. Main Span: 50 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1902 By: Lackawanna Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York
Main Street was a dirt road when this traditional plate girder overpass bridge was built!
Manresa Jesuit Retreat House Bridge
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Manresa Jesuit Retreat Road Over Quarton Lake Branch Rouge River in Bloomfield Hills: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 3
Built 1926 By: Unknown
This attractive concrete arch bridge provides an entrance to the retreat house.
Maple Road Pedestrian Overpass
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Maple Road in Bloomfield Township: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Aluminum) Two-Hinged Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed
Length: 212 ft. Main Span: 115 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1969 By: Reynolds Metals Company of Richmond, Virginia (Grand Rapids Plant) and Aluminum and Architectural Metals Company of Detroit, Michigan and Main and Fox of Birmingham, Michigan
The largest of its kind in the world when completed, this is one of a few unusual arch pedestrian overpass bridges in metro Detroit, noted for their appearance and use of an aluminum superstructure.
Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Pedestrian Overpass
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in Pontiac: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Aluminum) Two-Hinged Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed
Length: 125 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1966 By: Reynolds Metals Company of Richmond, Virginia (Possible Fabricator)
This is one of a few unusual arch pedestrian overpass bridges in metro Detroit, noted for their appearance and use of an aluminum superstructure.
Middlebelt Road Pedestrian Overpass
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Middlebelt Road in Livonia: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Aluminum) Two-Hinged Solid Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed
Main Span: 115 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built By: Reynolds Metals Company of Richmond, Virginia (Possible Fabricator)
This is one of a few unusual arch pedestrian overpass bridges in metro Detroit, noted for their appearance and use of an aluminum superstructure.
Milford Huron River Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) (Former Pere Marquette) Over Huron River in Milford: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 30 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1888 By: Unknown
Largely unaltered, in good condition, and with a dated keystone, this handsome stone arch bridge is one of the most significant historic bridges surviving in Oakland County today. 
Normandy Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Normandy Road in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 83 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Northwood Boulevard Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Northwood Boulevard in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 82 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Pontiac Drive Bridge
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Pontiac Drive Over Sylvan Lake in Sylvan Lake: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 36 ft. Main Span: 28 ft. Roadway: 18 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
A tiny concrete arch bridge with attractive balustrade railings.
Rochester Michigan Central Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Rail-Trail) Over Paint Creek in Rochester: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 2
Built 1905 By: Unknown
This bridge is among the oldest concrete arch bridges in Michigan.
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Sashabaw Road Bridge
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Sashabaw Road Over Clinton River in Waterford Township: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Curved T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 34 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1928 By: Unknown
This is a very small and very early example of a curved t-beam bridge in Michigan.
Telegraph Road Railroad Bridge
US-24 Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Telegraph Road (US-24) in Pontiac and Waterford Township: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Slab, Fixed
Length: 64 ft. Main Span: 42 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1928 By: Unknown
This bridge has sidewalk span details that differ from other railroad overpasses in the greater metro Detroit area.
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Trowbridge Road Bridge
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Trowbridge Road (Trowbridge Court) Over Railroad (Canadian National) in Bloomfield Hills: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Concrete T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 231 ft. Main Span: 33 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 7
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of the most beautiful and unusual concrete structures in Michigan that is unfortunately hard to enjoy.
Webster Road Railroad Overpass
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Webster Road in Royal Oak: Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal (Concrete Encased) Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 82 ft. Main Span: 30 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1930 By: A. Guthrie and Company of St. Paul, Minnesota
One of a group of similar railroad over highway bridges in the county associated with a significant project.
Woodward and 8 Mile Tri-Level Intersection
M-1 and M-102 Tri-Level Intersection
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Woodward Avenue (M-1) Over 8 Mile Road (M-102) in Detroit and Ferndale: Wayne County, Michigan and Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 255 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 83 ft. Main Spans: 4
Built 1956 By: Darin and Armstrong, Inc of Detroit, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department
This intersection between two major divided highways and its associated bridges, a jungle of beautiful R4 railing, was a major engineering achievement at the time and as such were officially found to be historic by MDOT and rehabilitated.

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