East Cass Street Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Kalamazoo River on E. Cass Street in Albion

Location

Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1896; Alterations 1954; Replaced 1996

Builders

- Keepers & Thatcher (Engineers)
- Robert Dunn & Co.

Design

"The East Cass Street Bridge is a rare example of a stone arch highway bridge, a type seldom used in Michigan because of the availability of cheap timber. The structure is also uncommon because it has three spans. The East Cass Street Bridge is the only bridge to survive the disastrous flood of 1908 which resulted from the destruction of the dams upstream at Homer, Michigan.

"This documentation was undertakend in April, 1993, in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Michigan Department of Transportation as a mitigative measure prior to the replacement of the bridge"
--Henry M. Stuart, Project Engineer
Wrightman and Associates, Inc., St. Joseph, Michigan

Dimensions

Total length: 143.8 ft.
Deck width: 29.2 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.24528, -84.75194   (decimal degrees)
42°14'43" N, 84°45'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/685466/4679456 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Lawrence, Mich UTM: 16.685400.4679250

Inventory number

BH 37145 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 11, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-69 - East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun County, MI

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