Photos
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MI-105-1 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-2 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-3 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-4 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-5 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-6 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-7 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-8 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-12 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-13 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-14 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-15 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-16 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-17 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-18 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-22 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-23 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-24 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-25 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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MI-105-26 Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, November 1995, for HAER |
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Index to Photographs Photo taken by HAER |
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Index to Photographs Photo taken by HAER |
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Index to Photographs Photo taken by HAER |
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
` - Dimensions
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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)
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Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER MI-105 - Shaytown Road Bridge