Twenty-Four Mile Road Overlow Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over North Branch Clinton River Overflow on 24 Mile Road near Chesterfield

Location

Chesterfield, Macomb County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1912; Replaced 1996

Builder

- Illinois Bridge Co.

Design

"The 24 Mile Road Overflow Bridge is an earth-filled reinforced concrete arch bridge, consisting of a single arch span, and reinforced concrete abutments.

"This is an excellent example of a moderate 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 a 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

Total length: 62 ft.
Deck width: 18 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.68820, -82.88020   (decimal degrees)
42°41'18" N, 82°52'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/345973/4727904 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Waldenburg, Michigan UTM: 17.345840.4727720

Inventory number

BH 37188 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

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

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-84 - Twenty-Four Mile Road Overflow Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Clinton River, Chesterfield vicinity, Macomb County, MI

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