Horton Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Camelback Pony truss bridge over Black Creek on Horton Road in Adrian
- Location
- Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1900; Closed 1984; Replaced 1993
- Design
- "The Horton Road Bridge is a steel camelback, pony truss bridge with pinned connections. The bridge has been closed since October 1984 due to its deteriorated condition.
"The bridge is part of Lenawee County's local roadway system which primarily serves existing agricultural development and related traffic. The bridge is a steel camelback, pony truss, structure with pinned connections. It is one of three bridges of similar design known to exist within the State of Michigan.
"An evaluation (1989) advised replacement of the bridge. To mitigate the adverse effect, the State Historic Preservation Officer stipulated documentation of design elements of the bridge. This documentation was undertaken to fulfill the above stipulation.
Gerald L. Adams
Westshore Engineering & Surveying, Inc.
Consultants to the Lennawee County Road Commission
Muskegon, Michigan
(I would describe this as a pin-connected, 5-panel Parker half-hip pony truss -- James Baughn)
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 74.0 ft.
Total length: 76.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.80050, -83.96920 (decimal degrees)
41°48'02" N, 83°58'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/253318/4631888 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Palmyra, Michigan UTM: 17.251200.4630228
- Inventory number
- BH 37184 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER MI-64 - Horton Road Bridge, Spanning Black Creek, Adrian vicinity, Lenawee County, MI
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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