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Fisher Road Black River Bridge

Fisher Road Black River Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth

Bridge Documented: 2006

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Fisher Road Over Black River
Location
Rural: St. Clair County, Michigan: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1928 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown and Engineer/Design: Michigan State Highway Department
Rehabilitation Date
Not Available or Not Applicable
Main Span Length
56.8 Feet (17.3 Meters)
Structure Length
119.8 Feet (36.5 Meters)
Roadway Width
22 Feet (6.71 Meters)
Spans
2 Main Span(s)
Inventory Number
77313H00018B010

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This bridge no longer exists!

Bridge Status: Demolished and replaced in 2018-2019.

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This bridge's railings were removed in 2007, rendering any historic significance of the structure void.

Another similar, but shorter bridge is down the road, in much better condition than this bridge, the Fisher Road Birch Creek Bridge.

If one were to feel sorry for a bridge, surely this would be the one to feel sorry for. There are two gravel pits: one on each side of this bridge, and there are constantly trucks and bulldozers going back and forth between the two pits. These trucks are often carrying stone that is wet, and they drip water on the bridge all the time, which most likely has led to the severe deterioration of the railings. The railings had spalled to the point where entire parts of the railing were missing. On the other hand, enough of the railings remained that the bridge still had an attractive historic look to it, especially when the bridge was viewed from beside the river banks.

 Despite the condition of the railings on the bridge, the steel stringers under the bridge are in excellent condition, and capable of supporting the heavy trucks. Indeed, the road commission was even surprised at the good condition of the stringers and they decided to redo the deck of this bridge in summer 2007. They initially left the railings alone. This would have been a great time to repair the original railings, or even rebuild them completely, replicating the original design, as was done on the M-65 abutments. However, the St. Clair County Road Commission, with a knack for making bad things worse, simply added modern Armco guardrails and completely removed the original railings. Adding the modern guardrails is distasteful, but it this has been done to a lot of historic bridges and at least it does not destroy the originals. In St. Clair County, the Belle River Bridge is a good example. The real issue is why did the county destroy the original railings? Removing them was a waste of money and it served no purpose. One might think that if the original railings were removed, the new railings would be placed where the old ones were to maintain a decent deck width, but St. Clair County didn't even do that, simply placing the modern Armco guardrails in front of where the original railings were, and then cutting the original railings off. All this did was create a dangerous, unprotected ledge for kids and fishers to wander out onto. In addition, all motorists notice is an uglier bridge that feels a lot more narrow.

The HSR rating for this bridge regards the significance of this bridge prior to alteration. The bridge today has no significant historic value.

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