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MI-69-1

Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, September 1992, for HAER

Overview: Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Kalamazoo River on E. Cass Street in Albion
Location: Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1896; Alterations 1954; Replaced 1996
Builders: - Keepers & Thatcher
- Robert Dunn & Co.
Design: "The East Cass Street Bridge is a rare example of a stone arch highway bridge, a type seldom used in Michigan because of the availability of cheap timber. The structure is also uncommon because it has three spans. The East Cass Street Bridge is the only bridge to survive the disastrous flood of 1908 which resulted from the destruction of the dams upstream at Homer, Michigan.

"This documentation was undertakend in April, 1993, in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Michigan Department of Transportation as a mitigative measure prior to the replacement of the bridge"
--Henry M. Stuart, Project Engineer
Wrightman and Associates, Inc., St. Joseph, Michigan
Dimensions: Span length: 143.8 ft.
Total length: 143.8 ft.
Deck width: 29.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.24528, -84.75194 (decimal degrees)
42°14'43" N, 84°45'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/685466/4679456 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Lawrence, Mich UTM: 16.685400.4679250
Inventory number: BH 37145 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER MI-69 - East Cass Street Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River, Albion, Calhoun County, MI
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth