Status: Relocated to Fred Meijer Heartland Trail and replaced by new bridge
Location: 43.119600,-85.225300
Carries South County Line Road over Flat River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: "The bridge is a single span steel through truss with pinned connections. Each truss has five panels, each 4.90 meters (16 feet-1 inch) wide, creating a span of 24.50 meters (80.5 feet). The clear distance between trusses is 3.72 meters (12.2 feet).
"The South County Line Road Bridge is typical of most bridges built in southern Michigan around the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. Becasue of the relatively lightweight truss superstructure, the bridge was fabricated at a steel fabrication plant and shipped by rail near to the job site. The contractor constructed the substructure units, then assembled and erected the steel truss on-site.
"The South County Line Road Bridge is a Pratt through truss with pinned connections. The bridge has withstood it environment for many years, having been built in 1880. It has been considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.
"HAER documentation was undertaken in November of 1995 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement agreed to by the Montcalm County Road Commission and the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. The Memorandum of Agreement is a mitigative measure used to maintain the bridge in a different location through the sale of a transfer to an interested party, if there is one, who would use and preserve the structure. This action was successful. The Friends of the Fred Meijer Heartland Trail will take the superstructure of the bridge and place it over Fish Creek near Stanton, Montcalm County, Michigan. They will preserve and maintain the structure as a pedestrian bridge thereafter."
Robert H. Scott
Scott Civil Engineering Company
1601 McKay Tower
146 Monroe Center NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
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Total Length: 80.5 Feet
Span Length: 80.5 Feet
Overview: Relocated Pratt through truss bridge that was over Flat River on South County Line Road near Greenville
History: Built 1880; Replaced 1996; Relocated
Built: 1880
Location: Montcalm County
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The bridge was removed to the Fred Meijer Heartland Trail, one of the many Rails-To-Trail conversions. The bridge now carries the trail across Fish Creek. (Follow the link to a photo gallery of the trail.)
Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER
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Index to Photographs
Photo taken by HAER
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Photo taken by HAER
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 43.182996,-85.253165
Carries Lafayette Street SR 91 over Flat River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 175.9 Feet
Span Length: 59.1 Feet
Overview: Lost Steel stringer bridge over Flat River on Lafayette Street (M-91)
History: Built 1933; Replaced 1994
Built: 1933
Location: Montcalm County
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Lafayette Street Bridge
Photo from old postcard
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.