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
Average daily traffic (as of 2013): 510
Inventory numbers: MINBI 34200072000B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
BH 20066 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2017): 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: 98.5 (out of 100)
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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