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MI-73-1

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MI-73-3

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MI-73-11

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MI-73-12

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Overview
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Sturgeon River on Sturgeon Road in Baraga
Location
Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Replaced 1994
Design
"The Sturgeon Road Bridge is significant as a long span, pony steel truss structure typical of that era of bridge construction.

"This documentation was undertaken in March, 1994 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement among the Advisory Council on Histroic Preservation, the Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, the Federal Highway Administration, the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Barega County Road Commission as a mitigory measure prior to replacing the bridge in July 1994.The report was prepared by Michael T. Drewyor, of Hitch, Inc., Houghton, MI."
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Dimensions
Total length: 93 ft.
Deck width: 18 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.86445, -88.54152   (decimal degrees)
46°51'52" N, 88°32'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/382509/5191254 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bear Town
Inventory number
BH 37215 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Baraga County, Michigan (3)
Baraga, Michigan (1)
Built 1910 (487)
Built during 1910s (4,414)
Lost (1,993)
Michigan (433)
Owned by county (14,360)
Pony truss (9,535)
Pratt pony truss (535)
Pratt truss (1,669)
Replaced by new bridge (859)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,420)
Truss (16,280)

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