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Alanson Swing Bridge
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Alanson Swing Bridge
In operation
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014
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BH Photo #364754
Description
Described as the "world's shortest swing bridge"
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Crooked River on River Street
- Location
- Alanson, Emmet County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1986 as a replica for a 1902 swing bridge
- Design
- Steel stringer swing
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.44000, -84.78569 (decimal degrees)
45°26'24" N, 84°47'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/673179/5034215 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Alanson
- Average daily traffic (as of 1986)
- 310
- Inventory numbers
- MINEW 02460 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 56769 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 80.6 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- February 8, 2021: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- January 14, 2021: New photos from Douglas Butler
- June 24, 2013: Added by James Baughn