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Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park Bridge #3 - Gale Road Bridge

Calhoun County, Michigan

Photos 

Photo taken by Jim Allen in June 2008

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BH Photo #270315

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Dickinson Creek on a pedestrian path in the Historic Bridge Park
Location
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1897
Builder
- Lafayette Bridge Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Design
Skewed pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 122.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.29082, -85.11368   (decimal degrees)
42°17'27" N, 85°06'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/655510/4683789 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ceresco
Inventory number
BH 49703 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,568)
Battle Creek, Michigan (10)
Built 1897 (266)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park (5)
Calhoun County, Michigan (34)
Have street view (26,947)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2014 (25)
Lafayette Bridge Co. (72)
Michigan (1,125)
 Open to pedestrians (4,215)
Owned by county (20,783)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,392)
Pratt truss (9,299)
Preserved (1,187)
Through truss (15,065)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,169)
Truss (32,788)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2018: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • March 3, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • November 15, 2013: Updated by Jim Allen: Corrected Coordinates
  • May 4, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • September 21, 2011: Added by James McCray

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