Burt Road Bridge

Photos 

MI-50-1

Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, April 1990, for HAER

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over West Branch St.Joseph of Maumee on Burt Road in Hillsdale

Location

Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1897; Replaced 1992

Builder

- Ohio Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio

Design

Single span, steel, riveted Pratt pony truss.

"The Burt Road Bridge is the only known surviving example of a Michigan bridge built by the Ohio Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio. This firm was one of many short lived bridge companies that operated in the Midwest in the late nineteenth century.

"This documentation was undertaken in April 1991 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Michigan Department of Transportation as a mitigative measure prior to the replacement of the bridge."

Stanley L. Clingerman, Engineer
Hillsdale County Road Commission
Hillsdale, Michigan
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Dimensions

Span length: 38.0 ft.
Total length: 38.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.76662, -84.65639   (decimal degrees)
41°45'60" N, 84°39'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/694806/4626519 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Reading, Michigan UTM: 16.694806.4626522

Inventory number

BH 37164 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 13, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-50 - Burt Road Bridge, Spanning east fork of west branch of St. Joseph of Maumee River, Hillsdale vicinity, Hillsdale County, MI

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