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Oelke Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

Oelke Road Over North Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 4 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 52 ft. Main Span: 52 ft. Roadway: 13.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1899 By: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York

This is the oldest and largest of the Monroe County pony trusses, and retains original pipe guardrails.

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Pherdon Road Private Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2 Miles (3.3 Kilometers)

Private Access Over South Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Bedstead Pony Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This extremely unusual bridge has inclined end posts riveted to vertical beams that support the truss like a bedstead.

Cone Road Private Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.4 Miles (3.9 Kilometers)

Private Drive Over Cone Road Drain in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This example of a stringer bridge with lattice railing serves a driveway.

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Monk Road North Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.7 Miles (4.3 Kilometers)

Monk Road Over Middle Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 35 ft. Main Span: 33 ft. Roadway: 15.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This is a very short pony truss, one of several small truss bridges from Monroe County.

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Day Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.8 Miles (4.5 Kilometers)

Day Road Over Saline River in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 60 ft. Main Span: 59 ft. Roadway: 21 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1937 By: Unknown

This is a deck plate girder which uses rolled beams instead of built-up beams.

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Monk Road South Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3 Miles (4.9 Kilometers)

Monk Road Over South Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 46 ft. Main Span: 44 ft. Roadway: 15.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This is one of the longest and oldest of the Monroe County highway truss bridge collection.

Dundee Railroad Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.6 Miles (5.9 Kilometers)

Railroad (Ann Arbor Railroad) Over River Raisin in Dundee: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 250 ft. Main Span: 120 ft. Roadway: 12 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1922 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This through truss also has some plate girder approaches, and the main truss span is supported by unusual caissons.

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Half Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4 Miles (6.5 Kilometers)

Half Road Over North Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 41 ft. Main Span: 37 ft. Roadway: 14 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1910 By: Unknown

This small rural pony truss was not just tucked in the trees... it had a tree growing through a part of it!

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Sherman Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.2 Miles (6.8 Kilometers)

Sherman Road Over North Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 40 ft. Main Span: 38 ft. Roadway: 13.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

One of several abandoned small pony truss bridges in the county, this bridge is noted for its wooden railing.

Milan Oakville Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.7 Miles (7.6 Kilometers)

Milan Oakville Road Over US-23 in Milan: Monroe County, Michigan and Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 143 ft. Main Span: 80 ft. Roadway: 28 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1950 By: Johnson-Greene Company and Michigan State Highway Department

This overpass predates the freeway it crosses and is also noted for its good historic integrity.

US-23 Milan Railroad Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.8 Miles (7.7 Kilometers)

US-23 Over Railroad (Norfolk Southern) in Milan: Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States

Metal Through Girder, Fixed

Length: 80 ft. Main Span: 80 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1950 By: Johnson-Greene Company and Michigan State Highway Department

This overpass predates the freeway it crosses and is also noted for its good historic integrity.

M-50 Railroad Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 5 Miles (8 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian National) Over M-50 in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal (Concrete Encased) Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 62 ft. Main Span: 62 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1926 By: Unknown

One of three concrete encased deck plate girder overpasses on this stretch of railroad in Monroe and Lenawee Counties.

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Kimpton Road Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.4 Miles (8.8 Kilometers)

Kimpton Road Over South Branch Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 39 ft. Main Span: 37 ft. Roadway: 15.4 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This is a very attractive half-hip pin connected Pratt pony truss with high clearance above the creek.

North Custer Road Railroad Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.7 Miles (9.2 Kilometers)

Railroad (Canadian National) Over North Custer Road in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal (Concrete Encased) Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 61 ft. Main Span: 47 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1925 By: Unknown

One of three concrete encased deck plate girder overpasses on this stretch of railroad in Monroe and Lenawee Counties.

Stony Creek Tributary Private Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.5 Miles (10.4 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway (Private) Over Stony Creek Tributary in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 33 ft. Main Span: 20 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This footbridge uses lattice railings that were likely salvaged and reused from a former highway or driveway steel stringer bridge.

North County Line Highway Bear Swamp Creek Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.8 Miles (10.9 Kilometers)

North County Line Highway Over Bear Swamp Creek (Milan-Macon Drain) in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan and Lenawee County, Michigan, United States

Concrete T-Beam, Fixed

Length: 31 ft. Main Span: 29 ft. Roadway: 25 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1929 By: Unknown

This is an increasingly uncommon example of a small-scale bridge using a railing design unique to Michigan, and matching the architecture of other larger period bridges.

North County Line Highway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8 Miles (12.9 Kilometers)

North County Line Highway Over North Macon Creek in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan and Lenawee County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 30 ft. Main Span: 27 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1910 By: Unknown

This increasingly rare example of a steel stringer bridge with lattice railing is sadly deteriorated, closed, and slated for replacement.

Sutton Road Private Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.2 Miles (13.2 Kilometers)

Sutton Road Over Sutton Road Drain in Rural: Lenawee County, Michigan, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

This private access bridge is an unaltered and rare example of a steel stringer bridge with lattice railing.

Bucholtz Highway Private Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9 Miles (14.5 Kilometers)

Private Field Crossing Over Little River Raisin South Branch in Rural: Lenawee County, Michigan, United States

Metal 3 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built By: Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio, Smith - Wynkoop and McGormley Agents

A beautiful private farm bridge associated with contracting agents Smith - Wynkoop and McGormley, this pony truss sits rotting away and unused.

Bitz Road Bridge
Stony Creek Road Abandoned Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.5 Miles (15.3 Kilometers)

Bitz Road (Abandoned Section) Over Herkimer Drain in Rural: Monroe County, Michigan, United States

Corrugated Multi-Plate Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 20 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built By: Unknown

Located on abandoned alignment, this small corrugated plate bridge may date to the 1930s or 1940s, when this bridge type was most common.

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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