Twenty-Four Mile Road Bridge

Facts 

Overview

Lost Arch Bridge over North Branch Clinton River on 24 Mile Road in Chesterfield

Location

Chesterfield, Macomb County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1909; Replaced 1996

Builder

- Illinois Bridge Co.

Design

"The 24 Mile Road Bridge is an earth-filled reinforced concrete arch bridge, consisting of two arch spans, a single reinforce concrete pier, and reinforced concrete abutments.

"This is an excellent example of a mid-sized bridge built by a small rural township to serve the transportation needs of its farmers, enabling them to move their products to market. This is one of more than a dozen reinforced concrete bridges built in Macomb County, Michigan, by the Illinois Bridge Company of Chicago. This firm erected scores of concrete bridges in Michigan in the early twentieth century.

"This documentation is a result of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Macomb County Road Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as a mitigative measure prior to the demolition of the bridge. It was completed in 1995 by Dr. Charles K. Hyde, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202."

Historic American Engineering Report

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 65 ft.
Total length: 130 ft.
Deck width: 18 ft.

Inventory number

BH 37187 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 14, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-83 - Twenty-Four Mile Road Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Clinton River, Chesterfield vicinity, Macomb County, MI

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