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Overview
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over West Branch St.Joseph of Maumee on Burt Road in Hillsdale
Location
Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1897; Replaced 1992
Builder
- Ohio Bridge Co.
Design
Single span, steel, riveted Pratt pony truss.

"The Burt Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a Michigan bridge built by the Ohio Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio. This firm was one of many short lived bridge companies that operated in the Midwest in the late nineteenth century.

"This documentation was undertaken in April 1991 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Michigan Department of Transportation as a mitigative measure prior to the replacement of the bridge."

Stanley L. Clingerman, Engineer
Hillsdale County Road Commission
Hillsdale, Michigan

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Dimensions
Total length: 38 ft.
Deck width: 15 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.76662, -84.65639   (decimal degrees)
41°45'60" N, 84°39'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/694806/4626519 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Reading, Michigan UTM: 16.694806.4626522
Inventory number
BH 37164 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Built 1897 (73)
Built during 1890s (810)
Hillsdale County, Michigan (7)
Hillsdale, Michigan (1)
Lost (1,982)
Michigan (433)
Ohio Bridge Co. (5)
Owned by county (14,360)
Pony truss (9,534)
Pratt pony truss (535)
Pratt truss (1,669)
Replaced by new bridge (848)
Total length 25-50 feet (5,497)
Truss (16,278)

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