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View North, Across Deck Of Bridge

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View South, Across Deck Of Bridge

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Long Shot, Looking South

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Long Shot, West Elevation, Looking East

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West Elevation, Looking East

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East Elevation, River Level, Looking West

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East Elevation, Rover Level, Looking Southwest

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Detail Of Piers And Girders, Looking South

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Northwest Abutment, Looking Southeast

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Concrete Railing At Southwest Abutment, Looking Southwest

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Detail, Intermediate Pilaster And Spindles, East Railing, Looking East

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Detail, Pier Pilaster, Flower Box, And Spindles, East Railing, Looking East

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Detail, Bridge Nameplate, Railing On Southeast Abutment, Looking Down

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Print In The Collection Of Carl F. Cramer, St., Monroe, Mi, Reproduced With The Owner's Permission), Spring 1928 Pier Construction, Showing Coffer Dam And Formwork, With Steel Truss Bridge And Its Stone Piers. The Ol

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Negative In The State Of Michigan Archives, Lansing, Mi), Photograph By E.H.H., May 4, 1928 South Abutment And Pier No. 1 And 2, Showing Steel Reinforcing Rods And Construction Of Pier Formwork, Looking South

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Negative In The State Of Michigan Archives, Lansing, Mi), Photograph By E.H.H., May 4, 1928 North Abutment And Pier No. 3 And 4, Showing Coffer Dam And Finished Piers, Looking North

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Print In The Collection Of Carl F. Cramer, St., Monroe, Mi), Photograph By Charles Hill, July 5, 1928 Erection Of Superstructure Formwork For The Center Belt Or Segment, Showing Falsework Details, Looking Northeast

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Print In The Collection Of Carl F. Cramer, Sr., Monroe, Mi), Photograph By Charles Hill, July 16, 1928 Pouring Of Concrete For Superstructure, Center Belt Or Segment, With Tracked Rail System Visible On Both Sides Of

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Negative In State Of Michigan Archives, Lansing, Mi), Photograph By E.H.H., July 23, 1928 Erection Of Formwork For Superstructure, Western Belt Or Segment, With Caps Of Piers Visible In Foreground, Looking North

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Print In The Collection Of Carl F. Cramer, St., Monroe, Mi), Photograph By Charles Hill, July 20, 1928 Monroe Street South Of The River Raisin, Showing The Recently-Widened Street And Trolley Track Over The Steel Bri

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Photocopy Of Photograph (Original Print In The Collection Of The Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Mi), Photographer Unknown, Ca. 1930 Bridge Open To Traffic, Looking North

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Photocopy Of Original Drawing (Original In The State Of Michigan Record Center) West Elevation

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Photocopy Of Original Drawing (Original In The State Of Michigan Record Center) Plan, Side Elevation, And Sectional Plan For Piers 1, 2, And 3

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Photocopy Of Original Drawing (Original In The State Of Michigan Record Center) Sections Of Typical Girders

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Photocopy Of Original Drawing (Original In The State Of Michigan Record Center) Falsework Details, Typical Half Elevation Of An Interior Rib, Section Near End Of Span, And Section Near Pier

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Photocopy Of Original Drawing (Original In The State Of Michigan Record Center) Elevation, Combined Light And Trolley Standard And Detail Of Cast Iron Manhole Cover

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Map

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Facts

Overview

Concrete cantilever bridge over Raisin River on M-125 in Monroe

Location

Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1927; Subsequent work 1970 & 1984; rehabilitated 1990

Builder

- W.H. Knapp Co.

Design

"The Monroe Street Bridge is an early example of a reinforced concrete cantilever girder bridge, a design developed in the late 1910s as an alternative to standard concrete arch bridge designs. The bridge was a key component of a major upgrading of the US-25 (later M-125) highway linking Detroit to Toledo. The builder, the W.H. Knapp Co., built several concrete bridges in Monroe County in the 1920s.

"This documentation was undertaken in May 1989 in accordance with the Memorandum of
Agreement by the Federal Highway Administration, Michigan Department of Transportation, the State
Historic Preservation Officer, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as a mitigative measure prior to the demolition of the bridge."

Dr. Charles K. Hyde, Department of History
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Dimensions

Length of largest span: 43.0 ft.
Total length: 211.0 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.

Also called

M-50/M-125 Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.91750, -83.39667 (decimal degrees)
41°55'03" N, 83°23'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/301251/4643394 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Monoe, Michigan UTM: 17.301200.4543170

Inventory number

BH 37191 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 08/2007)

Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 76.6 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2003)

24,502

Update Log

August 15, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER MI-35 - Monroe Street Bridge, Spanning River Raisin at Monroe Street, Monroe, Monroe County, MI

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