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Au Gres River Bridge

Iosco County, Michigan

Photo 

Photo taken from Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner - 1916

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Au Gres River on M-65 (formerly U.S. 23, formerly M-10)
Location
Iosco County, Michigan
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Design
Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.26284, -83.80318   (decimal degrees)
44°15'46" N, 83°48'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/276249/4904888 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 94627 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Girder (11,173)
Iosco County, Michigan (4)
Lost (28,527)
Lost 1951 (67)
Lost during 1950s (867)
Michigan (1,390)
 Owned by state (16,563)
Plate girder (8,728)
Replaced by new bridge (19,402)
Through girder (4,192)
US 23 (16)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2021: Updated by Mike Kerkau: Added route details
  • October 7, 2021: Added by Dave King

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Au Gres River Bridge
Posted October 8, 2021, by Dave King (DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thanks mike.

Au Gres River Bridge
Posted October 8, 2021, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

Filling in a few gaps:

The original route for this road would have been M-10, from when the state trunkline system was implemented in 1919, up through when the U.S. highway system was implemented in 1926.

From 1926 to 1932, this route served U.S. 23. At the present-day junction of 23 and M-65, 23 would turn north and run up to where the junction of M-55 and M-65 is today, before then turning east along what is now 55, and going into Tawas City.

1932 was when the current shoreline route for U.S. 23 was completed in this area, at which time it was re-routed onto that and M-65 was extended south of the current 55/65 junction.

The NBI gives 1951 as a build year for when the bridge that's currently at this location was built. Assuming that's when this girder was replaced, M-65 would have been the trunkline on this route then.