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Blossomland Bridge

main span closeup

Photo taken by Bob Morgan in July 2010

Overview: Bascule bridge over St. Joseph River on M-63 in St. Joseph
Location: St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1949; rehabilitated 1989
Design: Scherzer rolling-lift bascule main span, 4 steel stringer beam spans and 2 deck girder spans
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 164.1 ft.
Total length: 713.0 ft.
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1999
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.11167, -86.47806 (decimal degrees)
42°06'42" N, 86°28'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/543150/4662306 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Benton Harbor
Inventory numbers: NRHP 99001576 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
MINBI 11111053000B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 00880 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 19973 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2009): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 11,171