Eaton Rapids-West Knight Street Bridge
Photos
North Elevation Facing South
Photo taken by Roger Boettcher, June 1982, for HAER
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #120863
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Spring Brook on West Knight Street in Eaton Rapids
- Location
- Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1893, placed 1894, Rehabilitated 1929, 1951, 1966; Replaced 1982
- Builders
- - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- R.D. Wheaton & Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Pin connected, Pratt through truss.
"The West Knight Street Bridge is one of only two known highway bridges built in Michigan by Canton Bridge Company, Canton, Ohio, one of the nation's leading bridge building firms and a pioneer in truss bridge technology. It is above-average in length for a Pratt truss of that era, possesses a walkway on one side, and decorative work on its portals."
Dennis O. Craun, June 1982 - Dimensions
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Span length: 127.0 ft.
Total length: 127.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.3 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.51278, -84.65750 (decimal degrees)
42°30'46" N, 84°39'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/692439/4709371 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Eaton Rapids
- Inventory number
- BH 37154 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER MI-7 - West Knight Street Bridge, Spanning Spring Brook (west of Knight Street), Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, MI
- David Shedlock
Comments
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19820824&id=...
Im tracking this bridge down. I have already contacted Zehnders and its confirmed that the bridge went there, but was never used. Waiting to hear back if its stored or scrapped. If its stored going to start trying to get it brought back to Eaton Rapids
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mi/eaton/west-knight-street/
Did you ever hear back from Zehnder's?