Logan Street Truss Bridge

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Logan

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BH Photo #464941

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Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Grand River on Logan Street (Today Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.)
Location: Ingham County, Michigan
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built ca. 1904; Replaced by 1928
Design: Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.71974, -84.56715 (decimal degrees)
42°43'11" N, 84°34'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/699201/4732563 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 87788 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

January 14, 2020: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added bridge and photo.

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Logan Street Arch Bridge (Successor)

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Logan Street Bridge

Posted April 25, 2020, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

Some info to add:

So, I ran this location through Historic Aerials, and this truss was long gone by 1955. After some digging, turns out it was apparently gone by 1928. That year comes from the Michigan Highways entry on M-99 (which this is today), which states that a northbound bridge here, built in 1928, was demolished and replaced in 1979-80. (The split for north/southbound traffic didn't happen until 1977-78.)

Also, the pair of bridges that are there today are the ones built in the late 70s; Logan Street wasn't re-named to Martin Luther King Boulevard until the early 90s.