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CR 510 Bridge

Marquette County, Michigan

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CR 510 Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2011

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BH Photo #208028

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Description 

Bridge was relocated from a crossing over the Alleghany River in Pennsylvania in 1919 and erected at this location over the Dead River in 1921 as part of highway M-35.

Facts 

Overview
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Dead River on former CR 510
Location
Marquette County, Michigan
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Originally built in Pennsylvania around the turn of the century. Acquired by the state of Michigan in 1919 and erected in 1921. Closed to traffic in 2010.
Builders
- C.M. Neeld Construction Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Gust Anderson
- Illinois Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- R.L. Ericson
Design
8-panel, pinned Pennsylvania through truss (Camelback format)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 264.8 ft.
Total length: 271.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 24.0 ft.
Also called
Dead River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.56111, -87.54222   (decimal degrees)
46°33'40" N, 87°32'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/458440/5156536 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Negaunee
Average daily traffic (as of 1994)
1,256
Inventory numbers
MINBI 52200031000B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 06555 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 20133 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2011)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (6,885)
Built during 1890s (2,745)
C.M. Neeld Construction Co. (2)
Gust Anderson (1)
Illinois Bridge Co. (5)
Marquette County, Michigan (19)
Michigan (1,043)
Open to pedestrians (3,817)
 Owned by county (20,051)
Pennsylvania truss (435)
Pin-connected (3,697)
R.L. Ericson (2)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,110)
Through truss (14,039)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,884)
Truss (31,227)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2018: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 13, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • September 2, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Modified build date
  • August 8, 2011: Updated by C Hanchey: Added historical info

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CR 510 Bridge
Posted February 27, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The Tubes said it best... "She's A Beauty!"

CR 510 Bridge
Posted February 27, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

This winter may have given us more cold and snow than we really needed, but here's a picturesque reminder of its good side: https://expo.advance.net/img/3ed966134a/width960/342_021519u...

Credit: MLive. Actually it was randomly used in an article about a recent rescue of a group of snowmobilers elsewhere in the county and has nothing to do with the bridge itself, but why pass this up?