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Mosel Avenue Bridge
Photos
North Elevation
Photo taken by Dietrich Floeter, April 1989, for HAER
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #121137
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Concrete pony arch bridge over Kalamazoo River on Mosel Avenue in Kalamazoo
- Location
- Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1924; Altered 1953; Deck resurfaced 1985; Replaced 1990
- Builder
- - J.P. Rusche
- Design
- "This three span bridge, with an overall length of 210 feet, is [was] the second longest surviving concrete camelback bridge designed by the Michigan State Highway Department. All spans are of standard Highway Department designs. The contractor was J.P. Rusche of Grand Rapids, Michigan. This structure was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1986.
"This documentation was undertaken in June 1989 in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the Kalamazoo County Road Commission as a mitigative measure prior to the replacement of the bridge."
Ronald R. Coping, M.A., M.A.
Environmental Analyst
Kalamazoo County Road Commission
Kalamazoo, MI
` - Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 210.0 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.31778, -85.57306 (decimal degrees)
42°19'04" N, 85°34'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/617587/4686045 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Kalamazoo
- Inventory number
- BH 37173 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER MI-37 - Mosel Avenue Bridge, Spanning Kalamazoo River on Mosel Avenue, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
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