Gull Street Bridge

Photos 

MI-63-1

Photo taken by Howard Wright, February 1992, for HAER

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #121169

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Kalamazoo River on Gull in Kalamazoo

Location

Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1911; Replaced 1992

Builder

- Richard Heysick Sr.

Design

"The Gull Street Bridge is an early example of a large, earth-filled concrete arch bridge. It has been officially determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by the Michigan Bureau of History.

"This historic documentation was undertaken in January 1992 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Fedral Highway Administration, Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Michigan Department of Transportation and the City of Kalamazoo, Michigan as a mitigative measure prior to the demolition replacement of the bridge."

Patricia A. Fisher, Environmental Scientist
WW Engineering & Science
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Dimensions

Length of largest span: 59.0 ft.
Total length: 212.0 ft.
Deck width: 32.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.29889, -85.57194   (decimal degrees)
42°17'56" N, 85°34'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/617714/4683949 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Kalamazoo

Inventory number

BH 37175 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 14, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER MI-63 - Gull Street Bridge

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