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State Street Bridge

Berrien County, Michigan

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State Street Bridge

St. Joseph Daily Press: September 23 1908

BH Photo #452205

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over St. Joseph River on State Street
Location
St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1909; Struck by S.S. Mathiott April 20, 1947; Dismantled 1949, effectively having been replaced with nearby Blossomland Bridge
Builder
- Joliet Bridge & Iron Co. of Joliet, Illinois
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.11194, -86.48027   (decimal degrees)
42°06'43" N, 86°28'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/542967/4662335 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 85916 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Benton Harbor, Michigan (8)
Berrien County, Michigan (53)
Built 1909 (804)
Built during 1900s (7,650)
Joliet Bridge & Iron Co. (42)
Lost (28,561)
Lost 1949 (72)
Lost during 1940s (492)
 Michigan (1,390)
Movable (3,117)
Owned by city (6,086)
Replaced by new bridge (19,427)
St. Joseph, Michigan (5)
Swing (1,563)
Through truss (16,834)
Truss (35,523)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 16, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 14, 2019: Updated by Mike Kerkau: Added to history; bridge was also effectively replaced with Blossomland bridge
  • July 14, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Mike Kerkau - mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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