36th Street Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Parker pony truss bridge over Rabbit River on 36th Street in Salem Township

Location

Salem Township, Allegan County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Replaced 1987

Builders

- Toledo Massillon Bridge Co.
- Wynkoop & McGormley

Design

"The bridge is a single span steel through [sic] truss with a pin connections. Each truss has seven panels each 12 feet 8 inches long for a total truss span of 88 feet 8 inches.

"The 36th Street bridge is one of the few pin connected, Parker Pony Highway Bridges surviving in Michigan. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

"This documentation was undertaken in May 1986 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Allegan County Road Commission as a mitigative measure prior to the demolition of the bridge."

Fred Neils, Engineer-Manager
Allegan County Road Commission
Allegan, Michigan
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Dimensions

Total length: 88.8 ft.
Deck width: 16 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.69820, -85.89875   (decimal degrees)
42°41'54" N, 85°53'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/590199/4727889 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Hamilton East

Inventory number

BH 37213 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 16, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-18 - Thirty-Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Rabbit River, Hamilton vicinity, Allegan County, MI

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