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Raymond Road Bridge

Lenawee County, Michigan

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Raymond Road Bridge

Photo taken by Paul in April 2018

BH Photo #490392

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Fitts Creek on Raymond Road
Location
Lenawee County, Michigan
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1900
Design
3-panel, Half-hip Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 32.8 ft.
Total length: 34.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.95694, -84.34222   (decimal degrees)
41°57'25" N, 84°20'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/720267/4648412 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Addison
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
67
Inventory numbers
MINBI 46318H00010B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
BH 20110 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 26.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,252)
Closed (2,662)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (504)
Lenawee County, Michigan (32)
Michigan (1,146)
One-lane traffic (7,613)
Owned by county (20,846)
 Pony truss (16,240)
Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,344)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,708)
Structurally deficient (14,104)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,214)
Truss (32,953)
Wooden deck (6,073)

Update Log 

  • February 12, 2021: New photos from Tony Dillon

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Raymond Road Bridge
Posted February 12, 2021, by Paul

Sure thing, Tony! Glad to be able to add to the treasure trove of information on this site.

Raymond Road Bridge
Posted February 12, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thanks for adding these Paul! I took the liberty of adding the pics of this and Cole Road to their respective pages crediting you.

Raymond Road Bridge
Posted February 12, 2021, by Paul

This bridge is still standing and is not in that bad of shape despite having been closed for decades, unlike the collapsed Cole Road Bridge half a mile away.

Some pictures from April of 2018.

Raymond Road Bridge
Posted January 19, 2015, by Rick McOmber (rickvic8 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks for sharing, and glad its still standing. Any pictures of the Cole road pony truss next to it?

Raymond Road Bridge
Posted January 16, 2015, by Anonymous (mechanicman86 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I have a recent picture in 2014 of this bridge