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Columbiaville Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth

Bridge Documented: Spring 2007 and April 2, 2022

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Bridge Documentation

Lapeer County used to have some of the most noteworthy railroad-related bridges in Michigan, one being the nationally significant Genesee Road Bridge, the other being the Summers Road Bridge through plate girder, a rare (for Michigan) highway plate girder which unfortunately was demolished before HistoricBridges.org was started.

The Columbiaville Bridge is not particularly significant, and while a truss bridge would look nicer and have more value, for Michigan the scene in Columbiaville on the Flint River is a scenic one, and this long-abandoned bridge adds to the scene, telling a tale of a time when trains rolled through Columbiaville.

In 2007, the bridge is fenced off and rusting, but a new sign near the rail line suggested this might become a rail-trail. A revisit to the bridge in 2022 confirmed that this bridge has indeed been turned into a rail-trail bridge and has been repainted grey, which is noteworthy because rails-to-trails groups do not always do restoration work on the historic bridges their trails cross over.

This bridge is tagged with the following special condition(s): Unorganized Photos

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Bridge Photo-Documentation

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A supplemental collection of photos that are from additional visit(s) to the bridge and have not been organized or captioned. This gallery features data-friendly, fast-loading photos in a touch-friendly popup viewer.
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2021 National Bridge Inventory: View listed bridges within 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) of this bridge.

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