Historic Bridges
of the United States
Blossomland Bridge
Berrien County
,
Michigan
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Overview
Bascule bridge over St. Joseph River on M-63 in St. Joseph
Location
Berrien County
,
Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1949; rehabilitated 1989
Design
Bascule
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
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)
BH 19973
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 05/2007)
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: 70.9
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2003)
11,363
Categories
Bascule
(455)
Berrien County, Michigan
(10)
Built 1949
(189)
Built during 1940s
(2,186)
Functionally obsolete
(6,157)
Michigan
(435)
Movable
(856)
NR-listed
(1,674)
Navigable waterway
(1,258)
Open
(23,114)
Owned by state
(7,026)
Span length 125-175 feet
(2,284)
Total length 500-1000 feet
(1,160)
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