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Bridges Found: 20

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Chip Road Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 43.648889,-83.957778

Carries Chip Road over North Branch Kawkawlin River
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 59.7 Feet
Span Length: 52.8 Feet

Overview: Wooden bridge over North Branch Kawkawlin River on Chip Road
History: Built 1930; rehabilitated 1959
Built: 1930

Location: Bay County

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Railing, north side

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in September 2018

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Railing, south side

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in September 2018

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Close-up of west abutment

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in September 2018

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East abutment, north side

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in September 2018

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East abutment, south side

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in September 2018

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Cottage Grove Road Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 43.725990,-84.073846

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Carries Cottage Grove Road over North Branch Kawkawlin River
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 48.9 Feet
Span Length: 15.7 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over North Branch Kawkawlin River on Cottage Grove Road
History: Built 1925
Built: 1925

Location: Bay County

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End of Cottage Grove Road, west side (turn off Garfield Road). I'm not sure if the road is private past this point, as the road itself wasn't explicitly posted so, but both sides of the road were. Between not wanting to accidentally "trespass" and being pressed for time, I stopped here, which necessitated checking out the other side.

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in May 2018

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Road view of the site, east side (turn off Nine Mile Road). Was still in the car when I took this.

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in May 2018

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Side view of the road end; it was at this point that I realized the river was closer than I thought.

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in May 2018

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View of the west abutment. Note the prominent tree closer to where I'd have been standing to take this picture, which (in my opinion) strongly suggests that this indeed has been gone for quite some time.

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in May 2018

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Slightly closer view of the west abutment

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in May 2018

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East Channel Saginaw River Bridge

Status: Doomed?
Scheduled for replacement by MDOT, project timeframe now delayed (as of December 20, 2019)

Location: 43.579583,-83.899611

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Carries M-13/M-84 (Lafayette Avenue) over East Channel Saginaw River
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 452.1 Feet
Span Length: 185.0 Feet

Overview: Bascule bridge over East Channel Saginaw River on M-13/M-84 (Lafayette Avenue) in Bay City
History: Built 1938; rehabilitated 1987
Built: 1938

Location: Bay County

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East Channel Saginaw River Bridge

Raised

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2017

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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014

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Photo taken by Wikipedia

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Photo taken by Wikipedia

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Old Beaver Road Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 43.655769,-83.961662

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Carries Old Beaver Road over North Branch Kawkawlin River
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 59.7 Feet
Span Length: 59.7 Feet

Overview: Lost wooden bridge over North Branch Kawkawlin River on Old Beaver Road
History: Built 1930; replaced 2005
Built: 1930

Location: Bay County

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Veterans Memorial Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 43.596389,-83.894722

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Carries M-25 over Saginaw River
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 854.0 Feet
Span Length: 185.0 Feet

Overview: Bascule bridge over Saginaw River on M-25 in Bay City
History: Built 1958; rehabilitated 1993
Built: 1958

Location: Bay County

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Saginaw River Bridge

Michigan

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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Photo taken by Charlie McCarthy

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Cargo barge Menominee passing through

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in July 2019

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A New View

View from Saginaw Street downtown. The former Sears/F.P. Horak building used to occupy the space between until being demolished last month. The resulting view seen here is one that previously wasn't possible from this distance.

Photo taken by Mike Kerkau in August 2019

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South Euclid Road Bridge

Status: Replaced by new bridge

Location: 43.555560,-83.915800

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Carries South Euclid Road over Squaconning Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: "The South Euclid Road Bridge is among the older known surviving examples of steel girder bridges in Michigan, and one of the largest. With an overall length of 148 feet, it ranks among the top twenty-five percent of this type in terms of length. In addition, the bridge has decorative wrought iron railings.

"This documentation was undertaken in March 1990 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Bay County Road Commission, Federal Highway Administration, State Historic Preservation Officer, and Michigan Department of Transportation as a mitigative measure prior to the demolition and replacement of the bridge."

Janet Vail
Environmental Scientist
WW Engineering & Science
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Total Length: 148.0 Feet
Span Length: 49.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Steel stringer bridge over Squaconning Creek on South Euclid Road in Bay City
History: Built 1900; Replaced 1991
Built: 1900

Location: Bay County

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