Shaytown Road Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Warren through truss bridge over Thornapple Creek on Shaytown Road in Vermontville

Location

Vermontville, Eaton County, Michigan

Status

Due to be replaced, current status unknown

History

Built 1903

Design

Single span, 6 panel, pin connected Warren through truss.

"The Shaytown Road Bridge is a Warren through truss structure. It is one of only two known structures of this type in Michigan. It is the only Warren truss in Michigan utilizing pin-connections, a method typically confined to Pratt trusses. It has been considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.

"HAER documentation was undertaken in November of 1995 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement agreed to by the Eaton County Road Commission and the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. The Memorandum of Agreement is a mitigative measure used to maintain the bridge in a different location through a sale of a transfer to an interested party, if there is one, who would use and preserve the structure. This action was not successful. The bridge will be dismantled during the construction of its replacement."

Robert H. Scott, President
Scott Civil Engineering Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Dimensions

Total length: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.61940, -84.97580   (decimal degrees)
42°37'10" N, 84°58'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/666006/4720537 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Chester, Michigan UTM: 16.666030.4720320

Inventory number

BH 37156 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 04/2007)

Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.9 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 1999)

53

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Update Log 

• August 13, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-105 - Shaytown Road Bridge

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