Charlotte Highway Bridge

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Relocated Charlotte Highway Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2011

BH Photo #210877

An important piece of Michigan history that was relocated and restored.

Overview: Whipple Truss bridge originally over Grand River on Charlotte Highway, now relocated to Historic Bridge Park in Calhoun County and restored as a pedestrian bridge
Location: Ionia County, Michigan
Status: Relocated
History: Built 1886 by Buckeye Bridge Works; replaced 2001 and relocated to Historic Bridge Park in Calhoun County
Builders: - Buckeye Bridge Works of Cleveland, Ohio
- H.P. Hepburn
Design: Wrought iron Whipple through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 172.9 ft.
Total length: 176.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Also called: Centerline Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.81556, -84.89444 (decimal degrees)
42°48'56" N, 84°53'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/672135/4742483 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Portland South
Inventory numbers: MINBI 34200072000B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 04046 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 20066 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 99.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 1,290

Charlotte Highway Bridge

Posted April 28, 2011, by John Berry (jberry3479 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I remember going across this bridge a lot as a child. At that time it had a metal grate decking and would hum as you went across