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CM - Bay City Swing Bridge

Bay County, Michigan

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Bay City Railroad Swing Bridge

Michigan

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #285957

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Saginaw River on Central Michigan Railway
Location
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
Railroad
- Central Michigan Railway (CM)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.60556, -83.89008   (decimal degrees)
43°36'20" N, 83°53'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/266756/4832124 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bay City
Inventory number
BH 52118 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bay City, Michigan (12)
Bay County, Michigan (19)
Central Michigan Railway (1)
Girder (8,655)
Have street view (24,139)
Michigan (936)
Movable (2,777)
Open (37,579)
Owned by railroad (10,522)
 Plate girder (6,622)
Pratt through truss (4,726)
Pratt truss (8,224)
Railroad (13,881)
Riveted (1,973)
Swing (1,321)
Through girder (3,222)
Through truss (13,268)
Truss (30,032)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 3, 2015: New photos from Luke
  • October 23, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 18, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 20, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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CM - Bay City Swing Bridge
Posted September 13, 2018, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

I'm not able to see trains actually going across this bridge very often, but yesterday when I was driving over Liberty there was one at the west side approach getting ready to cross.

CM - Bay City Swing Bridge
Posted October 11, 2017, by MARK WELLINGTON (wholesaledirectent [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thought this might be a pic to enjoy of the bridge. Taken 10-09-2017 looking at the bridge going up stream.