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Whittaker Street - Galien River Bridge

Berrien County, Michigan

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Whittaker Street - Galien River Bridge

The News-Palladium: April 11 1973

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BH Photo #451349

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Galien River on Whittaker Street
Location
New Buffalo, Berrien County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 1975
History
Built ca. 1915 by the Elkhart Bridge & Iron Company; replaced in 1975
Builder
- Elkhart Bridge & Iron Co. of Elkhart, Indiana
Design
6-panel, riveted Warren through truss with all verticals
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.79777, -86.74661   (decimal degrees)
41°47'52" N, 86°44'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/521051/4627354 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 85780 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Berrien County, Michigan (50)
Built during 1910s (9,683)
Elkhart Bridge & Iron Co. (59)
Lost (25,054)
Lost 1975 (84)
Lost during 1970s (795)
Michigan (1,146)
New Buffalo, Michigan (1)
 Owned by city (5,492)
Replaced by new bridge (16,839)
Through truss (15,210)
Truss (33,007)
Warren through truss (1,617)
Warren through truss with all verticals (400)
Warren truss (6,583)

Update Log 

  • July 1, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder and truss type
  • July 1, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • June 29, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Whittaker Street - Galien River Bridge
Posted July 1, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I love it when I can peg the builder along with the truss type! EB&ICo. had a distinctive plaque style.

Whittaker Street - Galien River Bridge
Posted July 1, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Thanks Tony, I've been on a Bridge Binge again...