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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.


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Total Bridges Found: 29

10th Street Bridge
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10th Street Over Black River in Port Huron: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 375 ft. Main Span: 190 ft. Roadway: 44 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1958 By: Walter Toebe Company and Hazelet and Erdal of Chicago, Illinois
This bascule bridge was built in the 1950s and has had its original railings replaced.
7th Street Bridge
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7th Street (Erie Street) Over Black River in Port Huron: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Concrete Rigid-Frame, Fixed
Length: 273 ft. Main Span: 114 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1933 By: Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and J. A. L. Waddell
Take a tour of the inside of the only single leaf highway bascule bridge in Michigan, which was built in the 1930s.
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Aitken Road Bridge
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Aitken Road Over Black River in Rural: Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 128 ft. Main Span: 63 ft. Roadway: 20 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1950 By: Unknown
This beam bridge, having had its railings replaced, was mainly noted for a highly unusual concrete pier.
Black River Bridge
Posey County Bridge 53
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Griffin Road Over Black River in Rural: Posey County, Indiana, United States
Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 242 ft. Main Span: 165 ft. Roadway: 16.7 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1892 By: Toledo Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio (Former Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio)
This truss bridge has an unusual subdivided center panel and strangely lists the name of the river it crosses on the portal.
Black River Railroad Bridge
Canadian National Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Canadian National) Over Black River in Port Huron: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Through Girder, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 330 ft. Main Span: 150 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1929 By: Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A 1929 plate girder rolling lift bascule that is still in light use.
Chisholm Trail Bridge
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Kawartha Lakes Road 6 (Chisholm Trail) Over Black River in Rural: Kawartha Lakes City, Ontario, Canada
Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Slab, Fixed
Main Span: 60 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
This is a classic Warren pony truss bridge that has concrete approach spans that may not be original to the bridge.
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Church Road Bridge
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Church Road Over Black River in Rural (Near Carsonville): Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 99 ft. Main Span: 96 ft. Roadway: 15.8 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built By: Continental Bridge Company of Chicago and Peotone, Illinois
Sanilac County chose to demolish their last through truss, which was located a quiet rural road.
Croswell Swinging Bridge
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Park Path Over Black River in Croswell: Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal Swinging Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed
Main Span: 139 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Unknown
A well-known local attraction is this strange, heavily modified foot bridge, one of the only remaining historic bridges in the county.
Edmunds Road Bridge
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Edmunds Road Over Black River in Rural: Oneida County, New York, United States
Metal 4 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 122 ft. Main Span: 60 ft. Roadway: 11.5 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1879 By: Unknown
This bridge is noted for its very unusual design that illustrates that this is a very old metal truss bridge.
Erie Avenue Bridge
Charles Berry Bascule Bridge
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Erie Avenue (US-6) Over Black River in Lorain: Lorain County, Ohio, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 1,053 ft. Main Span: 330 ft. Roadway: 47 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1940 By: Mount Vernon Bridge Company of Mount Vernon, Ohio and Wilbur J. Watson and Associates of Cleveland, Ohio
This graceful bascule bridge was noted for its very large span length when completed.
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Fisher Road Black River Bridge
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Fisher Road Over Black River in Rural: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 120 ft. Main Span: 57 ft. Roadway: 22 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1928 By: Unknown and Michigan State Highway Department
This once-attractive bridge has been so heavilly altered it no longer is beautiful or historic.
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Galbraith Line Bridge
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Galbraith Line Over Black River in Rural: Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal Through Girder, Fixed
Main Spans: 3
Built By: Unknown
A memorial page to a rare Michigan bridge: a large highway plate girder.
Greenwood Reservoir Road Bridge
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Greenwood Reservoir Road (CR-478) Over Black River in Rural: Marquette County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 44 ft. Main Span: 41 ft. Roadway: 19 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1925 By: Unknown
One of several small steel stringer bridges in this county that have a solid concrete railing with inset panels.
Keystone Bridge
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Railroad (Chicago and Northwestern Rail-Trail) Over Black River in Ramsay: Gogebic County, Michigan, United States
Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 45 ft. Main Span: 45 ft. Roadway: 44 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1891 By: Unknown
This is one of the largest known stone arch bridges in Michigan.
Lofton Henderson Memorial Bridge
21st Street Bridge
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Henderson Drive (OH-611) Over Black River in Lorain: Lorain County, Ohio, United States
Metal Cantilever (Arched) 16 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 1,704 ft. Main Span: 390 ft. Roadway: 42 ft. Main Spans: 6
Built 1939 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Wilbur J. Watson and Associates of Cleveland, Ohio
This bridge breaks away from traditional period designs and defines its own unique visual and structural design, unlike any other bridge.
M-90 Bridge
Peck Road Bridge
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M-90 (Peck Road) Over Black River in Croswell: Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 199 ft. Main Span: 73 ft. Roadway: 38 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1947 By: F. C. Atletwed and Michigan State Highway Department
One of the last remaining historic bridges of any kind in Sanilac County.
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Military Street Bridge
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Military Street (BL 69/94) Over Black River in Port Huron: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Strauss Trunnion)
Length: 140 ft. Main Span: 83 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1914 By: Detroit Bridge and Steel Works of River Rouge, Michigan and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois
This page includes a tour of the replacement bascule bridge to compare to the historic 7th Street Bridge also in Port Huron.
Mossington Bridge
Blue Bridge
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Hedge Road Over Black River in Georgina: York Region, Ontario, Canada
Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1912 By: National Bridge Company of Montréal, Québec and Frank Barber of Toronto, Ontario
Designed by a noteworthy Ontario engineer, this heritage truss bridge is located in a scenic lake area surrounded by many residences.
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Nicol Road Bridge
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Nicol Road Over Black River in Rural: Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 70 ft. Main Span: 66 ft. Roadway: 20 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Unknown
The last public truss bridge in Sanilac County, this structure was demolished, despite its remarkably excellent truss condition.
Norman Road Bridge
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Norman Road Over Black River in Rural: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 150 ft. Main Span: 73 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1935 By: Unknown
This bridge has a distinctive pier detail and built-up riveted stringers.
Paddock Road Bridge
Gould's Mill Bridge
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Paddock Road Over Black River in Rural: Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 164 ft. Main Span: 160 ft. Roadway: 22.6 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1929 By: Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
This bridge was originally built to carry a combination of highway and railroad traffic, and is noted for its heavy skew.
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Port Huron Railroad Bridge
Pere Marquette Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Abandoned CSX) Over Black River in Port Huron: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Abt) and Approach Spans: Metal Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 234 ft. Main Span: 173 ft. Roadway: 18 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1931 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York
Unused for many years, this extremely rare example of an Abt bascule bridge is a significant Port Huron landmark.
Ramsay Bridge
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Main Street Over Black River in Ramsay: Gogebic County, Michigan, United States
Concrete Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 130 ft. Main Span: 50 ft. Roadway: 22 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1922 By: P. N. Massie of Bessemer, Michigan and Michigan State Highway Department
This is the longest striaght chord concrete through girder in Michigan, and is also especially impressive to view.
Turntable Bridge
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Railroad (Abandoned) Over Black River in Rural: Sanilac County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1926 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York
This fascinating bridge's main span is a reused railroad turntable!
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Twin Bridge North
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River Road Over Black River in Forestport: Oneida County, New York, United States
Metal 4 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 60 ft. Main Span: 58 ft. Roadway: 15.4 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1901 By: Havana Bridge Works of Montour Falls, New York and Elmira, New York
One of two truss bridges on this road, this example is noted for its ornate plaque and finials.
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Twin Bridge South
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River Road Over Black River in Forestport: Oneida County, New York, United States
Metal 5 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 73 ft. Main Span: 69 ft. Roadway: 15.4 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1901 By: Rochester Bridge and Construction Company of Rochester, New York
One of two truss bridges on this road, this example is noted as a rare surviving example of its builder.
Victoria Falls Bridge
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Black River Road Over Black River in Rural: Kawartha Lakes City, Ontario, Canada
Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
This pony truss bridge rests upon a unique dry laid stone abutment which itself sits on a natural rock outcrop.
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Wadhams Bridge
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Wadhams Road Over Black River in Wadhams: St. Clair County, Michigan, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 527 ft. Main Span: 68 ft. Roadway: 26 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1939 By: E. C. Nolan and Son of Detroit, Michigan
This relatively large bridge is an unusual structure and has also been heavily modified.
Wilsey Road Bridge
Posey County Bridge 66
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Wilsey Road Over Black River in Rural: Posey County, Indiana, United States
Metal 9 Panel Bolt-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 660 ft. Main Span: 178 ft. Roadway: 19.4 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1918 By: Unknown
This abandoned bridge features a single through truss span plus a long series of steel stringer approach spans.

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