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MI-127-1

Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, July 1995, for HAER

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Facts

Overview

Relocated Thacher through truss bridge over Shiawassee River on Ditch Road in Parshallburg

Location

Parshallburg, Saginaw County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1889; Stringers and Deck Replaced 1954; Closed October 1992; Replaced 1999

Builder

- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio

Design

"The Parshallburg or Ditch Road Bridge is a single-span, Thatcher metal through truss bridge. Engineers who have evaluated the structure's condition believe the metal is wrought iron because of the structure's relatively good overall condition. The eight panel structure has a length of 140 feet and overall deck width of 17.6 feet.

"This single span iron bride was included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 1994. Constructed in 1889, the bridge is the only Michigan example and the oldest of the three known surviving examples in the United States of the Thatcher metal through truss bridge.

"The bridge will be replaced with a new wider bridge at the site of the existing structure. The bridge was recorded in 1996 by Joseph G. Periard of the Saginaw Road Commission, 3020 Sheridan Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan 48605. The report draws heavily from the Parshallburg Bridge National Register of Historic Places registration form prepared by Robert O. Christensen, National Registger Coordinator for the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Bureau of Michigan History."

Report Prepared for Historic American Engineering Record
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Dimensions

Total length: 140 ft.
Deck width: 17.6 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 1994

Also called

Parshallburg Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.14389, -84.13472 (decimal degrees)
43°08'38" N, 84°08'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/733004/4780779 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Chesaning West

Inventory numbers

NRHP 94001168 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)